Where does “dideoxygenase” come from?

dideoxygenase (English) comes from English deoxygenase, from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

dideoxygenase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes a dideoxygenation reaction

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes a dideoxygenation reaction

Ancestry of “dideoxygenase”, step by step

dideoxygenase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English deoxygenase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeoxygenaseAny enzyme that catalyzes a deoxygenation...
2EnglishdeTo do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A...
3Chinese德—
4Mandarin德意志—
5GermanDeutschGerman
6Old High Germandiutsch—
7Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
8Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
9Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
10Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō →