Where does “pentaglucoside” come from?

pentaglucoside (English) comes from English glucoside, from English Ide, from French ide, from Latin Idus, from Swedish id, from Old Swedish idhe, from Old Norse *iði, from Old Norse iðja — work; a restless motion.

pentaglucoside (English): A glucoside containing five glucose units

Definitions

  1. A glucoside containing five glucose units

Ancestry of “pentaglucoside”, step by step

pentaglucoside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English glucoside

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglucosideA glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis
2EnglishIdenamed after Saint Ida OS grid ref SX8990
3Frenchideide fish
4LatinIdusAlternative form of īdūs: the ides of a Roman...
5Swedishideffort, work, occupation; the tree "Taxus...
6Old Swedishidhe
7Old Norse*iði
8Old Norseiðjato be active, do, perform
9Old Norsework; a restless motion

via English penta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpenta
Every word from Old Norse