Where does “carrageenase” come from?
carrageenase (English) comes from English carrageenan, from English carrageen, from Irish carraigín, from Irish -ín, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
carrageenase (English): Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan
Definitions
- Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan
Ancestry of “carrageenase”, step by step
carrageenase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carrageenan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carrageenan | A food additive made from a purified extract of... |
| 2 | English | carrageen | Irish moss |
| 3 | Irish | carraigín | Irish moss |
| 4 | Irish | -ín | Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |