fructose etymology

English word fructose comes from Latin frui, English -ose

Detailed word origin of fructose

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
frui Latin (lat)
-ose English (eng) (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars. Full of, like.
fructose English (eng) (carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Words with the same origin as fructose

Descendants of -ose
agarose arabinoside biose caseose cutose cytosine dambose decose dextrose favose fructoside galactose gentianose granulose hexosamine lacunose octose paucimannose rhamnose rutinose streptose sucrose tremellose venulose