Where does “anhydrase” come from?
Anhydrase comes from English hydrase, Ancient Greek ἀν-, English diastase, Proto-Indo-European ne, Ancient Greek διά, Proto-Indo-European ne, Proto-Indo-European sem-, and Proto-Indo-European steh₂-.
anhydrase (English): An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of water...
Definitions
- An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of water...
Ancestry of “anhydrase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | an- | Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words... |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |