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Where does “γλεῦκος” come from?

γλεῦκος (Ancient Greek): sweet new wine, must; sweetness

Definitions

  1. sweet new wine, must; sweetness

Words derived from “γλεῦκος”

  • glucose
  • glucosamine
  • gluconate
  • glucoside
  • glucosidase
  • fluorodeoxyglucose
  • deoxyglucose
  • gluconic
  • glucosuria
  • glucosyl
  • stibogluconate
  • glucosyltransferase
  • phosphogluconate
  • glucosidic
  • glucosaminidase
  • phosphoglucose
  • diglucoside
  • digluconate
  • guluronic
  • gulose
  • glucosylation
  • anhydroglucose
  • glucase
  • isoglucose