Where does “extracellulase” come from?
extracellulase (English) comes from English cellulase, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
extracellulase (English): extracellular cellulase
Definitions
- extracellular cellulase
Ancestry of “extracellulase”, step by step
extracellulase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cellulase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cellulase | An enzyme that catalyze the cellulolysis of... |
| 2 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 3 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 4 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 5 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |