Where does “phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine” come from?

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine (English) comes from English phosphoribosyl, from English ribosyl, from English ribose, from German Ribose, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus — to flow sharply.

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine (English): A key biochemical intermediate in the synthesis of purine nucleotides

Definitions

  1. A key biochemical intermediate in the synthesis of purine nucleotides

Ancestry of “phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine”, step by step

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English phosphoribosyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphosphoribosylthe univalent radical derived from phosphoribose
2Englishribosylany univalent radical derived from ribose
3EnglishriboseA naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a...
4GermanRiboseribose
5EnglisharabinoseAn aldopentose that occurs most often in...
6EnglisharabinA carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found...
7EnglisharabicRelated to the Arabic language
8LatinarabicusArabic
9Ancient GreekἈραβικόςArabic, Arab
10Ancient GreekἌραψArab; Arabian
11ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
12Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply

via English formyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishformylThe univalent radical -CHO, derived from...
2Latinformīcaant
3Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via English glycinamidine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglycinamidineThe amidine of glycine "carbamimidoyl 2-aminoacetate"
Every word from Arabic عَرَبَEvery word from Arabic عَرَبEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ