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Where does “casein” come from?

Casein comes from French caséine, from Latin caseus meaning cheese, from Proto-Indo-European kwat-.

casein (English): A protein present in both milk and in the seeds...

Definitions

  1. A protein present in both milk and in the seeds...

Ancestry of “casein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaséinecasein
2French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “casein”

  • caseinate
  • paracasein
  • caseinogen
  • azocasein
  • caseinolytic
  • caseinase
  • phosphocaseinate
  • caseose
  • noncasein
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