tetrasaccharide

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres

Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores

Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres)

Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor.

English tetra-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor.

Latin saccharon

Latin saccharum

English saccharo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English saccharide

English tetrasaccharide

From tetra- + saccharide.

Noun

tetrasaccharide (plural tetrasaccharides)

1. (biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues

Hyponyms

• acarbose
• nystose
• stachyose

Coordinate terms

• monosaccharide
• disaccharide
• trisaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide

Derived terms

• glucotetrasaccharide