Where does “xylofuranose” come from?
xylofuranose (English) comes from English furanose, from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول — kohl, antimony paste.
xylofuranose (English): The furanose form of a xylose
Definitions
- The furanose form of a xylose
Ancestry of “xylofuranose”, step by step
xylofuranose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English furanose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | furanose | any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide... |
| 2 | English | furan | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 3 | English | furfural | A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it... |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English xylo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | xylo | xylophone |