Where does “dideoxynucleoside” come from?

dideoxynucleoside (English) comes from English dideoxy, from English deoxy-, from English de-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

dideoxynucleoside (English): The nucleoside of a dideoxysugar

Definitions

  1. The nucleoside of a dideoxysugar

Ancestry of “dideoxynucleoside”, step by step

dideoxynucleoside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dideoxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdideoxyLacking two hydroxyl groups
2Englishdeoxy-Formally derived from another compound by the...
3Englishde-reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,...
4Latindē-of; from
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via English nucleoside

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnucleosidean organic molecule in which a nitrogenous...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós