Etymology of the English word peptide
the English word
peptideusing the English suffix
-idederived from the English word
oxidederived from the English word
pepticderived from the Latin word
pepticusderived from the Greek word
peptikos, πεπτικός
derived from the Greek word
peptos, πεπτός
derived from the Greek word
pepteinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pekʷ-derived from the English word
peptonederived from the German word
Peptonderived from the Greek word
pept, πεπτ
Derivations in English
dipeptide,
neuropeptide,
peptidase,
polypeptide,
peptidolyticUsage
Word found in Modern English
