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Where does “histidine” come from?

histidine (English) comes from English -idine, from English pyridine, from German Pyridin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

histidine (English): An essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...

Definitions

  1. An essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...

Ancestry of “histidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-idineDenotes a chemical compound containing a ring...
2EnglishpyridineAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
3GermanPyridinpyridine
4German-īn—
5Latin-īnus—
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “histidine”

  • histamine
  • antihistamine
  • histaminergic
  • antihistaminic
  • hexahistidine
  • phosphohistidine
  • histaminic
  • histidyl
  • polyhistidine
  • methylhistidine
  • methylhistamine
  • histaminase
  • antihistaminergic
  • oligohistidine
  • histidinase
  • decahistidine
  • nonhistaminergic
  • histidinuria
  • hexahistidyl
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