Etymograph

English

glycomutant

From glyco- + mutant.

Formed from glyco- + mutant

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

English glyco-

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’

Latin mūtō ‘move, change’

Latin mūtāns ‘altering, changing, modifying, transforming’

English mutant

Today it means

noun A glycosylated mutation of an enzyme

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

Etymograph / glycomutant