Etymograph

English

leucinol

From leucine + -ol.

Formed from leucine + -ol

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lewkós ‘bright’

Proto-Hellenic *leukós ‘white’

Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’

English leucine

Today it means

noun The alcohol formed by total reduction of the carboxylic acid group of leucine; any of its derivatives

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Etymograph / leucinol