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Where does “erythrofuranose” come from?

erythrofuranose (English) comes from English furanose, from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول.

erythrofuranose (English): The furanose form of erythrose

Definitions

  1. The furanose form of erythrose

Ancestry of “erythrofuranose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfuranoseany cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide...
2EnglishfuranAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
3EnglishfurfuralA heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it...
4English-ál—
5EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
6GermanAldehydaldehyde
7Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
8Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
9Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
10Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
11Akkadianguḫlum—
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