Where does “glycine” come from?

Glycine comes from Ancient Greek γλυκύς meaning sweet, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥kú-.

glycine (English): A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid,...

Definitions

  1. A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid,...

Ancestry of “glycine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
2Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—

Words derived from “glycine”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús →Every word from Ancient Greek γλυκύς →