glucose的词源

英文词源

glucose

glucose: see glycerine

glucose (n.)

name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet" (see gluco-). It first was obtained from grape sugar. Related: Glucosic.

中文词源

glucose：葡萄糖，右旋糖

来自PIE*dlk, 甜的，词源同dulcet,billet-doux(情书)。用做生物学术语。

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