Where does “exoribonuclease” come from?
exoribonuclease (English) comes from English ribonuclease, from English ribonucleic, from English ribose, from German Ribose, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus — to flow sharply.
exoribonuclease (English): A ribonuclease that catalyzes the exonucleolytic...
Definitions
- A ribonuclease that catalyzes the exonucleolytic...
Ancestry of “exoribonuclease”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ribonuclease | Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the... |
| 2 | English | ribonucleic | Of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid or its... |
| 3 | English | ribose | A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a... |
| 4 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 5 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 6 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 7 | English | arabic | — |
| 8 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 11 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 12 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |