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
- Any polymer of mannose
Ancestry of “mannitan”, step by step
mannitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mannite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mannite | mannitol |
| 2 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English anhydrite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anhydrite | A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous... |
| 2 | English | an- | Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |