Where does “chitosanase” come from?

chitosanase (English) comes from English ase, from Yoruba aṣẹ, from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

chitosanase (English): An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of...

Definitions

  1. An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of...

Ancestry of “chitosanase”, step by step

chitosanase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ase

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

via English chitosan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchitosanAn oligosaccharide derived from chitin, sometimes...
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