Where does “phosphoribosyl” come from?
phosphoribosyl (English) comes from English ribosyl, from English ribose, from German Ribose, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός — to flow sharply.
phosphoribosyl (English): the univalent radical derived from phosphoribose
Definitions
- the univalent radical derived from phosphoribose
Ancestry of “phosphoribosyl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ribosyl | any univalent radical derived from ribose |
| 2 | English | ribose | A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a... |
| 3 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 4 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 5 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 6 | English | arabic | — |
| 7 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 10 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 11 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
Words derived from “phosphoribosyl”