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Where does “hexadecapeptide” come from?

hexadecapeptide (English) comes from English hexadeca-, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

hexadecapeptide (English): Any oligopeptide that has sixteen amino acid...

Definitions

  1. Any oligopeptide that has sixteen amino acid...

Ancestry of “hexadecapeptide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexadeca-sixteen
2Englishdeca-Greek number...
3Frenchdéca-deca-
4Latindecās—
5Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوك—
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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