The story
- Ancient Greekσῐ́ᾰλον (sĭ́ălon)
- Englishsialic
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishsialyl
- Englishsialyl-
- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
- Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
- Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
- Englishpenta-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englishpentasaccharide
- English todaysialylpentasaccharide
From sialyl- + pentasaccharide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.