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Where does “threonine” come from?

Threonine comes from English -ose (sugar suffix) combined with a stem from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος meaning sweet wine, ultimately traced through Proto-Italic -owonssos to Latin -o-wont-to-s.

threonine (English): An essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...

Definitions

  1. An essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...

Ancestry of “threonine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthreoseThe aldotetrose "-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal"
2English-osefull of, like; Used to form the names of sugars
3EnglishglucoseA simple monosaccharide with a molecular formula...
4Frenchglucoseglucose; first-person singular present indicative...
5Ancient Greekγλεῦκοςsweet new wine, must; sweetness

Words derived from “threonine”

  • phosphothreonine
  • threonyl
  • polythreonine
  • allothreonine
  • threonylation
  • antiphosphothreonine
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