English

homophenylalanine

From homo- + phenylalanine.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Today it means

noun A homologue of phenylalanine, 2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid

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Etymograph / homophenylalanine