Where does “-cin” come from?

-cin (English) comes from English colicin, from French colicine.

-cin (English): bacteriocin

Definitions

  1. bacteriocin

Ancestry of “-cin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolicinAny of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains
2Frenchcolicine—

Words derived from “-cin”

Every word from French colicine →Every word from English colicin →
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