English

glycotope

By surface analysis, glyco- (“sweet”) + -tope (“place”).

Equivalent to glyco- ‘sweet’ + -tope ‘place’

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

Today it means

noun The epitope of a glycoprotein.

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

Etymograph / glycotope