Where does “pentosuria” come from?

pentosuria (English) comes from English pentose, from English penta-, from Ancient Greek πεντα-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pentosuria (English): the presence of pentose sugars in the urine;...

Definitions

  1. the presence of pentose sugars in the urine;...

Ancestry of “pentosuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpentoseA sugar or saccharide containing five carbon...
2Englishpenta-API; five
3Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
4Ancient Greekπέντεfive
5Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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