Etymology

ribonucleotide

R1I1B3O1N1U1C3L1E1O1T1I1D2E1

Today it means: Any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar Full definition →

English nucleotide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin nucleu
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The story

  1. Englishribo-
  2. Proto-Italic*knuks
  3. Latinnux
  4. Latinnucleu
  5. Englishnucleus
  6. Englishnucleo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Englishnucleotide
  9. English todayribonucleotide

From ribo- + nucleotide.

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