English
heptadecapeptide
From heptadeca- + peptide.
Formed from heptadeca- + peptide
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
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Ancient Greek πέπτω ‘soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest’
Ancient Greek πεπτόν ‘cooked, digested’
German Pepton
German Peptid
English peptide
Today it means
noun An oligopeptide that has seventeen amino acid groups
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heptadecapeptide