Where does “autoproteolyze” come from?
autoproteolyze (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autoproteolyze (English): To undergo autoproteolysis
Definitions
- To undergo autoproteolysis
Ancestry of “autoproteolyze”, step by step
autoproteolyze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English proteolyze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proteolyze | To lyse or split a protein |
| 2 | English | lyze | Alternative form of lyse |
| 3 | English | lyse | To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to... |
| 4 | English | lysis | A gradual recovery from disease; The... |
| 5 | Latin | lysis | loosening; rupture |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |