English
amphopeptone
From ampho- + peptone.
Formed from ampho- + peptone
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
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Ancient Greek πέσσω ‘to soften, ripen’
Ancient Greek πέπτω ‘soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest’
Ancient Greek πεπτόν ‘cooked, digested’
German Pepton
English peptone
Today it means
noun A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
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Etymograph / amphopeptone