Where does “inactose” come from?
inactose (English) comes from English inactive, from French inactif, from Latin inactivus, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
inactose (English): An optically inactive variety of sugar, found in...
Definitions
- An optically inactive variety of sugar, found in...
Ancestry of “inactose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inactive | Not active, temporarily or permanently; Not... |
| 2 | French | inactif | inactive |
| 3 | Latin | inactivus | inactive |
| 4 | Latin | āctīvus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |