Where does “collagenase” come from?

Collagenase is a compound of English collagen and English -ase, where collagen derives from Ancient Greek κόλλα (glue) and English diastase derives from Ancient Greek διά (through) and δισα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (to stand).

collagenase (English): An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in...

Definitions

  1. An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in...

Ancestry of “collagenase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollagenAny of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that...
2Frenchcollagènecollagenous; collagen
3Ancient Greekκόλλαglue; flour paste
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱol-thorn, thorny plant
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “collagenase”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱol- →Every word from Ancient Greek κόλλα →