Where does “diphosphohydrolase” come from?
diphosphohydrolase (English) comes from English phosphohydrolase, 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.
diphosphohydrolase (English): Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal...
Definitions
- Any phosphohydrolase that catalyses the removal...
Ancestry of “diphosphohydrolase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | phosphohydrolase | Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate... |
| 2 | English | hydrolase | An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a... |
| 3 | English | hydrolysis | A chemical process of decomposition involving the... |
| 4 | English | -lysis | decomposition or breakdown; dissolving;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |