Etymology

pyranose

P3Y4R1A1N1O1S1E1

Today it means: Any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran). Full definition →

English glucosebf. ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπυρά (purá)
  5. Latinpyra
  6. Englishpyre
  7. Englishpyran
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  9. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  10. Frenchglucose
  11. Englishglucosebf.
  12. English todaypyranose

From pyran + -ose.

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