English

agaropectin

From agar + -o- + pectin?

Formed from agar + -o- + pectin

Malay agar ‘jelly’

English agar

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’

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Ancient Greek πηκτός ‘curdled’

Ancient Greek πηκτικός ‘curdling’

French acide pectique

French pectine

Today it means

noun A heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules making up the part of agar that is not agarose.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agaropectin