Etymology

rutinose

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Today it means: A disaccharide, consisting of rhamnose and glucose, derived from rutin. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishrutin
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  3. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  4. Frenchglucose
  5. Englishglucosebf.
  6. English todayrutinose

From rutin + -ose.

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