Etymology of the English word polypeptide
the English word
polypeptideusing the English prefix
poly-derived from the New Latin prefix
poly-derived from the Greek word
polus, πολύς (much, many; largely, mostly)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pelə-derived from 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
Usage
Word found in Modern English
