Where does “mucopolysaccharide” come from?

mucopolysaccharide (French) comes from French polysaccharide, from French poly-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.

mucopolysaccharide (French): mucopolysaccharide

Definitions

  1. mucopolysaccharide

Ancestry of “mucopolysaccharide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchpolysaccharideSynonym of polyoside
2Frenchpoly-poly- (many)
3Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
4Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
5Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
6Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “mucopolysaccharide”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *péryō →Every word from Ancient Greek πείρω →Every word from Ancient Greek πόρος →