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glycogen
Glycogen comes from French glycogène, from Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génos‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςgénos‘race, stock, kin’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentglycogène
- Englishearliest quotation 2019glycogen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génos‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςgénos‘race, stock, kin’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentglycogène
- Englishearliest quotation 2019glycogen
Earliest quotation: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants: “Specifically the liver converts glucose into glycogen — a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, nation, german, native, engine, pregnant, genuine, genetic, ken, genius, generate, indigenous, generous, gentle, naive, generic, kin, noel, transgender, genesis, innate, natal, regeneration, generosity, nee, nativity, nada, genital, naïve, ingenious, janata, germ, nascent, genealogy, degeneration, puny, gentile, jaunty, 103 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
general, generation, gender, gene, genre, genuinely, genus, 29 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’
Today it means
noun A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / glycogen