Where does “ペントース” come from?

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

ペントース (Japanese): pentose

Definitions

  1. pentose

Ancestry of “ペントース”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpentoseA sugar or saccharide containing five carbon...
2Englishpenta-API; five
3Ancient Greekπεντα-penta-, five; five
4Ancient Greekπέντεfive
5Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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