Where does “mannitan” come from?

mannitan (English) comes from English mannite, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

mannitan (English): Any polymer of mannose

Definitions

  1. Any polymer of mannose

Ancestry of “mannitan”, step by step

mannitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mannite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmannitemannitol
2English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
4Latin-īta
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English anhydrite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanhydriteA saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous...
2Englishan-Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós
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