Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycosylic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gly-co-sylic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a glycosyl.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English glycosylic From glycosyl + -ic.

Questions

What does glycosylic mean?
Relating to a glycosyl.
Where does glycosylic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English glycosyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English glycosylic From glycosyl + -ic.

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