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Where does “deubiquitinase” come from?

deubiquitinase (English) comes from English ubiquitinase, from English ubiquitin, from English ubiquitous, from English ubiquity, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubique, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

deubiquitinase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes a deubiquitination...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes a deubiquitination...

Ancestry of “deubiquitinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishubiquitinaseAny enzyme that catalyzes a ubiquitination...
2EnglishubiquitinAny of a class of small protein, or polypeptide,...
3EnglishubiquitousBeing everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing...
4EnglishubiquityThe state or quality of being, or appearing to...
5Medieval Latinubīquitās—
6Latinubiqueeverywhere
7Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
8Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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