Where does “endohemicellulase” come from?
endohemicellulase (English) comes from English hemicellulase, from English hemicellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
endohemicellulase (English): Any hemicellulase that hydrolyses hemicellulose from the ends rather than in the middle
Definitions
- Any hemicellulase that hydrolyses hemicellulose from the ends rather than in the middle
Ancestry of “endohemicellulase”, step by step
endohemicellulase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hemicellulase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hemicellulase | Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of... |
| 2 | English | hemicellulose | A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of... |
| 3 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 4 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 5 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 6 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |