Where does “アルドペントース” come from?

アルドペントース (Japanese) comes from English aldopentose, from English pentose, from English penta-, from Ancient Greek πεντα-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

アルドペントース (Japanese): aldopentose

Definitions

  1. aldopentose

Ancestry of “アルドペントース”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaldopentoseA pentose that is also an aldose
2EnglishpentoseA sugar or saccharide containing five carbon...
3Englishpenta-API; five
4Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
5Ancient Greekπέντεfive
6Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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