Etymology

pseudodisaccharide

Today it means: The pseudosaccharide form of a disaccharide Full definition →

English disaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  8. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  9. Latindi-
  10. Englishdi-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  12. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  13. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  14. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  15. Palisakkharā
  16. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  17. Latinsaccharon
  18. Latinsaccharum
  19. Englishsaccharo-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Englishsaccharide
  22. Englishdisaccharide
  23. English todaypseudodisaccharide

From pseudo- + disaccharide.

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