Etymology

rhamnose

R1H4A1M3N1O1S1E1

Today it means: A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides. Full definition →

English glucosebf. ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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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. English todayrhamnose

From translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" + -ose (“used to form names of sugars”).

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