Where does “ginsenosidase” come from?

ginsenosidase (English) comes from English ginsenoside, from English ginseng, from Mandarin 人参.

ginsenosidase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...

Ancestry of “ginsenosidase”, step by step

ginsenosidase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ginsenoside

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishginsenosideAny of several triterpenoid saponins found in...
2EnglishginsengAny plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties
3Mandarin人参—

via English ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishasean essential energy in West African religions
2Yorubaaṣẹoffender
3Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Mandarin 人参 →Every word from English ginseng →Every word from English ginsenoside →