hexose etymology

English word hexose comes from English -ose, English hex- (Form of hexa- used before a vowel.)

Detailed word origin of hexose

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ose English (eng) (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars. Full of, like.
hex- English (eng) Form of hexa- used before a vowel.
hexose English (eng) (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.

Words with the same origin as hexose

Descendants of -ose
agarose arabinoside biose caseose cutose cytosine dambose decose dextrose favose fructose fructoside galactose gentianose granulose hexosamine lacunose octose paucimannose rhamnose rutinose streptose sucrose tremellose venulose
Descendants of hex-
aldohexose chitohexose chlorhexidine deoxyhexose divanadium hexoxide hexacid hexad hexadic hexangular hexatomic hexdecyl heximal hexoctahedron hexone hexoside hexosyl hexoxide hextree ketohexose phosphohexose tetranitrogen hexoxide trihexose