Where does “arabinonucleic” come from?
arabinonucleic (English) comes from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
arabinonucleic (English): Of or pertaining to arabinonucleic acids or their...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to arabinonucleic acids or their...
Ancestry of “arabinonucleic”, step by step
arabinonucleic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arabinose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 2 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 3 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 4 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 7 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 8 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via English nucleic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nucleic | Referring to the nucleus of something |
| 2 | French | nucléique | nucleic |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |