Where does “aerolysin” come from?
aerolysin (English) comes from Translingual Aeromonas, from Translingual monas, from Latin monas, from Ancient Greek μονάς, from Translingual Chlamydomonas, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.
aerolysin (English): A cytolytic pore-forming toxin exported by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria
Definitions
- A cytolytic pore-forming toxin exported by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria
Ancestry of “aerolysin”, step by step
aerolysin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Aeromonas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Aeromonas | genus |
| 2 | Translingual | monas | A grouping of mostly single-cell organisms, often called monads, that have mostly been reassigned to numerous phyla |
| 3 | Latin | monas | the number one; unity |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μονάς | alone, solitary, isolated; special feminine form... |
| 5 | Translingual | Chlamydomonas | genus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χλαμύς | cloak, robe, mantle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σαῦρος | Alternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σαύρα | lizard |
via English lyse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lyse | To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to... |
| 2 | English | lysis | A gradual recovery from disease; The... |
| 3 | Latin | lysis | loosening; rupture |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |