Where does “apiose” come from?

apiose (English) comes from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.

apiose (English): A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants

Definitions

  1. A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants

Ancestry of “apiose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
2LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
3Ancient GreekἌπις—
4Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
5Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

Words derived from “apiose”

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