Etymograph

English

homopeptide

From homo- + peptide.

Formed from homo- + peptide

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

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 A peptide containing multiple occurrences of a single amino acid moiety

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

Etymograph / homopeptide