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Where does “glycoscience” come from?

glycoscience (English) comes from English science, from Middle English science, from Old French science, from Latin scientia, from Latin sciēns, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

glycoscience (English): Any of several scientific disciplines that study...

Definitions

  1. Any of several scientific disciplines that study...

Ancestry of “glycoscience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscienceA particular discipline or branch of learning,...
2Middle Englishsciencefacts, knowledge; that which is known; One's...
3Old Frenchscienceknowledge; wisdom
4Latinscientiaknowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;...
5Latinsciēns—
6Latinsciō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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