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Where does “antiproteinase” come from?

antiproteinase (English) comes from English proteinase, from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

antiproteinase (English): Any inhibitor of proteinase activity

Definitions

  1. Any inhibitor of proteinase activity

Ancestry of “antiproteinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishproteinaseprotease
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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