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Where does “deoxyketohexose” come from?

deoxyketohexose (English) comes from English ketohexose, from English keto-, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate.

deoxyketohexose (English): Any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose

Definitions

  1. Any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose

Ancestry of “deoxyketohexose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishketohexoseAny hexose containing a ketone group
2Englishketo-Derived from, substituted with, or involving a...
3EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
4GermanKetonketone
5GermanAketonacetone
6Frenchacétoneacetone
7Latinacētum—
8French-ate-ate
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →