Etymology

xylonic

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Today it means: Relating to xylonic acid or its derivatives Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ksewlo-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon)
  4. Englishxylo-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  6. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  7. Frenchglucose
  8. Englishglucosebf.
  9. Englishxylose
  10. English todayxylonic

From xylose + -ic.

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