Where does “deoxyribonucleic” come from?
Deoxyribonucleic derives from English de-, ribose, and oxy-, which comes from oxygen, from Latin de, Ancient Greek ὀξύς meaning sharp or keen, and Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-.
deoxyribonucleic (English): Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid or its...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid or its...
Ancestry of “deoxyribonucleic”, step by step
deoxyribonucleic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deoxyribose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deoxyribose | A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which... |
| 2 | English | ribose | A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a... |
| 3 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 4 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 5 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 6 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 7 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 10 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 11 | 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' |