Where does “carbamoylase” come from?
carbamoylase (English) comes from English carbamoyl, from English carbamic, from English carbamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
carbamoylase (English): Any enzyme that catalyses the conversion of an N-carbamoyl-amino acid into ammonia, carbon dioxide and the free amino acid
Definitions
- Any enzyme that catalyses the conversion of an N-carbamoyl-amino acid into ammonia, carbon dioxide and the free amino acid
Ancestry of “carbamoylase”, step by step
carbamoylase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carbamoyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carbamoyl | The univalent radical NH-CO- derived from urea by... |
| 2 | English | carbamic | Of or pertaining to carbamic acid or its... |
| 3 | English | carbamide | urea |
| 4 | English | amide | Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the... |
| 5 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |