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Where does “flavo-” come from?

flavo- (English) comes from English flavin, from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “flavo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflavinAny of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic...
2Latinflāvus—
3Latinpalpuspalm of the hand; feeler
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “flavo-”

  • flavoprotein
  • flavohemoglobin
  • molybdoflavoprotein
  • flavodomain
  • flavoglobin
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