Where does “pseudodipeptide” come from?
pseudodipeptide (English) comes from English dipeptide, from English peptide, from German Peptid, from Ancient Greek πεπτός, from Ancient Greek πέπτω, from Ancient Greek πέσσω, from Proto-Hellenic péťťō, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷ-ye-.
pseudodipeptide (English): Any compound that has a fragment of general...
Definitions
- Any compound that has a fragment of general...
Ancestry of “pseudodipeptide”, step by step
pseudodipeptide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dipeptide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dipeptide | An organic compound formed from two amino acids... |
| 2 | English | peptide | Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of... |
| 3 | German | Peptid | peptide |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πεπτός | digested; cooked |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πέπτω | Alternative form of πέσσω; ripen; I digest |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέσσω | I soften, ripen; I boil, cook, bake; I digest |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | péťťō | to cook; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷ-ye- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |