Where does “saccharo-” come from?
saccharo- (English) comes from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ, from Sanskrit शर्करा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorkeh₂ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
saccharo- (English): sugar
Definitions
- sugar
Ancestry of “saccharo-”, step by step
Words derived from “saccharo-”
- polysaccharide
- lipopolysaccharide
- oligosaccharide
- disaccharide
- monosaccharide
- saccharide
- mucopolysaccharidosis
- mucopolysaccharide
- saccharose
- exopolysaccharide
- pentasaccharide
- trisaccharide
- saccharometer
- disaccharidase
- tetrasaccharide
- saccharolytic
- heteropolysaccharide
- fructooligosaccharide
- lipooligosaccharide
- hexasaccharide
- homopolysaccharide
- sialyloligosaccharide
- saccharidic
- oligosaccharyltransferase