Where does “glyceridase” come from?
glyceridase (English) comes from English glyceride, from English glycerine, from French glycérine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
glyceridase (English): Any hydrolase that hydrolyses glycerides
Definitions
- Any hydrolase that hydrolyses glycerides
Ancestry of “glyceridase”, step by step
glyceridase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glyceride
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glyceride | An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid;... |
| 2 | English | glycerine | The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422 |
| 3 | French | glycérine | glycerine |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |