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Where does “proanthocyanidin” come from?

proanthocyanidin (English) comes from English anthocyanidin, from English cyanidin, from English -id, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

proanthocyanidin (English): An antioxidant flavonoid with possible health...

Definitions

  1. An antioxidant flavonoid with possible health...

Ancestry of “proanthocyanidin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthocyanidinAn aglycone of an anthocyanin
2EnglishcyanidinAn anthocyanidin pigment, "2-...
3English-idof or pertaining to; appended to various foreign...
4English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
5Latin-oides-like, -form
6Greek-οending for "accusative singular" forms ; and some...
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium—
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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