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Where does “dihydrolase” come from?

dihydrolase (English) comes from English hydrolase, from English hydrolysis, from English -lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

dihydrolase (English): Any hydrolase that catalyzes a reaction involving...

Definitions

  1. Any hydrolase that catalyzes a reaction involving...

Ancestry of “dihydrolase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrolaseAn enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...
2EnglishhydrolysisA chemical process of decomposition involving the...
3English-lysisdecomposition or breakdown; dissolving;...
4Ancient Greekλύσιςloosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →