Where does “glutamyltranspeptidase” come from?
glutamyltranspeptidase (English) comes from English transpeptidase, from English peptidase, from English peptide, from German Peptid, from Ancient Greek πεπτός, from Ancient Greek πέπτω, from Ancient Greek πέσσω, from Proto-Hellenic péťťō.
glutamyltranspeptidase (English): Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of...
Definitions
- Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of...
Ancestry of “glutamyltranspeptidase”, step by step
glutamyltranspeptidase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transpeptidase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transpeptidase | Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an... |
| 2 | English | peptidase | Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of... |
| 3 | English | peptide | Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of... |
| 4 | German | Peptid | peptide |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεπτός | digested; cooked |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέπτω | Alternative form of πέσσω; ripen; I digest |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέσσω | I soften, ripen; I boil, cook, bake; I digest |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | péťťō | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷ-ye- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English glutamyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glutamyl | The univalent radical derived from glutamic acid |