Where does “apoflavoprotein” come from?

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

apoflavoprotein (English): The apoprotein of a flavoprotein

Definitions

  1. The apoprotein of a flavoprotein

Ancestry of “apoflavoprotein”, step by step

apoflavoprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flavoprotein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishflavoproteinany of a group of enzymes, containing flavin,...
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English apo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapoIn an inactive, unbound state
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a
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