Etymology

thioglycosylation

Today it means: The reaction, analogous to a glycosylation, that forms a thioglycoside Full definition →

English glycosylation ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  6. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  8. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  9. Frenchglucose
  10. Englishglucosebf.
  11. Englishglycose
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. Englishglycosyl
  15. Englishglycosylation
  16. English todaythioglycosylation

From thio- + glycosylation.

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