Where does “apometalloprotein” come from?

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

apometalloprotein (English): The form of a metalloprotein that lacks the coordinated metal atom

Definitions

  1. The form of a metalloprotein that lacks the coordinated metal atom

Ancestry of “apometalloprotein”, step by step

apometalloprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metalloprotein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmetalloproteina protein, such as haemoglobin or chlorophyll,...
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