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Where does “anomer” come from?

anomer (English) comes from English ano-, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs.

anomer (English): Any diastereoisomer of a sugar or derivative...

Definitions

  1. Any diastereoisomer of a sugar or derivative...

Ancestry of “anomer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishano-anus
2Latinānus—
3Kabuverdianuanoswe, first person plural
4Portuguesenóswe; us; "first-person plural objective personal...
5Old Portugueseenos—
6Old Portugueseosthe
7Vulgar Latin*lōs—
8Latinillōs—
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “anomer”

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