Where does “pentapyrimidine” come from?

pentapyrimidine (English) comes from English pyrimidine, from German Pyrimidin.

pentapyrimidine (English): A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid

Definitions

  1. A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid

Ancestry of “pentapyrimidine”, step by step

pentapyrimidine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pyrimidine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpyrimidineA diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in...
2GermanPyrimidin—

via English penta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpenta—
Every word from German Pyrimidin →Every word from English pyrimidine →