Etymology

rhamnopolysaccharide

Today it means: A polysaccharide based on rhamnose Full definition →

English polysaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)
  2. LatinRhamnusinflu.
  3. Late Latinrhamnus
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  5. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  6. Frenchglucose
  7. Englishglucosebf.
  8. Englishrhamnose
  9. Englishrhamno-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  12. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  13. Englishpoly-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Palisakkharā
  19. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  20. Latinsaccharon
  21. Latinsaccharum
  22. Englishsaccharo-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englishsaccharide
  25. Englishpolysaccharide
  26. English todayrhamnopolysaccharide

From rhamno- + polysaccharide.

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