Etymograph

English

galactoconjugate

From galacto- + conjugate.

Formed from galacto- + conjugate

New Latin

English galacto-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

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Latin iugō ‘to join, yoke’

Latin coniugō ‘to yoke together, combine’

New Latin coniugātus ‘united’

Middle English conjugat(e) ‘combined, united’

English conjugate

Today it means

noun A glycoconjugate in which the carbohydrate is galactose

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

Etymograph / galactoconjugate