pectin的词源

英文词源

pectin (n.): polysaccharide found in fruit and vegetables, crucial in forming jellies and jams, 1838, from French pectine, coined early 1830s by French chemist Henri Braconnot (1781-1855) from acide pectique "pectic acid," a constituent of fruit jellies, from Greek pektikos "curdling, congealing," from pektos "curdled, congealed," from pegnynai "to make stiff or solid," from PIE root *pag-/*pak- "to join together" (see pact). Related: Pectic.

由希腊语创造出来的一个词，来自希腊语pektos,凝结的，胶化的，来自PIE*pag,固定，词源同page,pact,fang.-in,化学名词后缀。

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