oligopeptide

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der.
English oligo-
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
Proto-Hellenic *péťťō
Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf.
Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō)
Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der.
German Peptonbor.
English peptone
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
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German Pepton
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Latin -idusder.
German -id
German Peptidbor.
English peptide
English oligopeptide
From oligo- + peptide.