The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ksewlo-der.?
- Ancient Greekξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon)
- Englishxylo-
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishxylose
- Englishxylonic
- Latinlac
- Englishlacto-
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishlactone
- Englishxylonolactone
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
- Englishdiastase
- English todayxylonolactonase
From xylonolactone + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.