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 — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

deoxyketohexose (English): Any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose

Definitions

  1. Any deoxysugar derived from a ketohexose

Ancestry of “deoxyketohexose”, step by step

deoxyketohexose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ketohexose

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
7Latinacētumvinegar
8French-ateate
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English deoxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeoxyDescribing any compound formally derived from...
2Englishde-reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,...
3Latindē-of; from
4Latinof; concerning; about
5Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
6Latinposteablative singular of postis
7Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate
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