Etymograph

English

allose

From all + -ose.

Formed from all + -ose

Proto-Germanic *allaz

Proto-West Germanic *all

Old English eall

Middle English all

English all

The story

Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

Today it means

noun An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs

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

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