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Where does “teichoic acid” come from?

teichoic acid (English) comes from English teichoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

teichoic acid (English): Any of several polymers of glycerol or ribitol,...

Definitions

  1. Any of several polymers of glycerol or ribitol,...

Ancestry of “teichoic acid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteichoicOf or pertaining to the teichoic acids or their...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “teichoic acid”

  • lipoteichoic acid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →