Where does “chromoprotein” come from?

chromoprotein (English) comes from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

chromoprotein (English): Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a...

Definitions

  1. Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a...

Ancestry of “chromoprotein”, step by step

chromoprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English protein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
2Frenchprotéineprotein
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English chromo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchromoA color print produced by chromolithography; A...
2EnglishchromolithographA print made by chromolithography; To create a...
3EnglishlithographA printed image produced by lithography; To...
4EnglishlithographyThe process of printing an image by drawing the...
5GermanLithographieAlternative spelling of Lithografie
6Ancient Greekγράφεινpresent active infinitive of γρᾰ́φω; writε; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a
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