Where does “deacetylase” come from?
Deacetylase comes from English acetyl and English diastase, which derive from Latin acere, Ancient Greek διά, and Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- and steh₂-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
deacetylase (English): Any of several classes of enzyme that remove...
Definitions
- Any of several classes of enzyme that remove...
Ancestry of “deacetylase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |