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Where does “trypanothione” come from?

trypanothione (English) comes from English glutathione, from English thione, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

trypanothione (English): An unusual form of glutathione containing two...

Definitions

  1. An unusual form of glutathione containing two...

Ancestry of “trypanothione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglutathioneA tripeptide formed from glutamic acid, cysteine...
2EnglishthioneA ketone-like compound in which the oxygen is...
3EnglishOne—
4Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
5Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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