Where does “peptide” come from?

Peptide is a German coinage Peptid derived from Ancient Greek πεπτός, meaning digested or cooked.

peptide (English): Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of...

Ancestry of “peptide”, step by step

peptide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Peptid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPeptidpeptide
2Ancient Greekπεπτόςdigested; cooked
3Ancient GreekπέπτωAlternative form of πέσσω; ripen; I digest
4Ancient GreekπέσσωI soften, ripen; I boil, cook, bake; I digest
5Proto-Hellenicpéťťōto cook; to ripen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷ-ye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

via English peptone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeptoneAny water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and...
2GermanPepton—

Words derived from “peptide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →