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Where does “caseinase” come from?

caseinase (English) comes from English casein, from French caséine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

caseinase (English): An enzyme produced by the human body to help...

Definitions

  1. An enzyme produced by the human body to help...

Ancestry of “caseinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaseinA protein present in both milk and in the seeds...
2Frenchcaséinecasein
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →