Where does “fucose” come from?

fucose (English) comes from Latin fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος, from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

fucose (English): The aldohexose "-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol"...

Definitions

  1. The aldohexose "-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol"...

Ancestry of “fucose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūcusseaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria
2Ancient Greekφῦκοςseaweed
3Hebrewפוךeye-rouge

Words derived from “fucose”

Every word from Hebrew פוך →Every word from Ancient Greek φῦκος →Every word from Latin fūcus →
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