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Where does “trehala” come from?

trehala (English) comes from New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Persian تیغال — a kind of manna.

trehala (English): Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus...

Definitions

  1. Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus...

Ancestry of “trehala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintrehāla—
2Turkishtıgala—
3Persianتیغالa kind of manna

Words derived from “trehala”

  • trehalose
  • trehalase
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