Etymology

phospholinked

P3H4O1S1P3H4O1L1I1N1K5E1D2

Today it means: linked together via a phosphate group Full definition →

English linked ← Latin phōsphorus ← Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  7. Latinphōsphorus
  8. Englishphosphorus
  9. Englishphospho-
  10. Englishlinked
  11. English todayphospholinked

From phospho- + linked.

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