Where does “monosaccaride” come from?

monosaccaride (Italian) comes from Italian saccaride, from Italian -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

monosaccaride (Italian): monosaccharide

Definitions

  1. monosaccharide

Ancestry of “monosaccaride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaccaridesaccharide, carbohydrate
2Italian-ideid (dynast)
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →