Etymology

polybetaine

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Today it means: A polyampholyte whose repeat unit is derived from betaine Full definition →

English betaine ← Latin bēta ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Latinbēta
  6. Englishbetaine
  7. English todaypolybetaine

From poly- + betaine.

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