Where does “chitinase” come from?

chitinase (English) comes from English chitin, from French chitine, from Latin chiton, from Ancient Greek χιτών, from Central Semitic kittan, from Swahili kitu, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀.

chitinase (English): Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin

Ancestry of “chitinase”, step by step

chitinase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchitinA complex polysaccharide, a polymer of...
2Frenchchitinechitin
3Latinchitonmollusk
4Ancient Greekχιτώνman's tunic; tunic; coat of mail
5Central Semitickittan—
6Swahilikituthing
7Proto-Bantukɪ̀ntʊ̀thing, object
8Proto-Bantu*-ntʊ̀—

via English ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishasean essential energy in West African religions
2Yorubaaṣẹoffender
3Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

Words derived from “chitinase”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ →