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Where does “glycosidase” come from?

glycosidase (English) comes from English glycoside, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

glycosidase (English): Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “glycosidase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglycosideA molecule in which a sugar group is bound to a...
2English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
3Middle French-ide—
4Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “glycosidase”

  • exoglycosidase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →