Etymology of the English word protopectin
the English word
protopectinusing the English prefix
proto-derived from the Greek word
protos, πρῶτος (first; foremost (in time, place, order or importance))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the English word
pectinderived from the French word
pectinederived from the Greek word
pektos, πηκτός
derived from the Greek word
pegnunaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pag-derived from the Late Greek word
pegnumi, πήγνυμι (to fix ('peg'); to set up (a tent))
using the Greek suffix
-ineUsage
Word found in Modern English
