Where does “hydrolase” come from?
Hydrolase derives from English hydrolysis and Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, "loosening"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wed- and steh₂-.
hydrolase (English): An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...
Definitions
- An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...
Ancestry of “hydrolase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydrolysis | A chemical process of decomposition involving the... |
| 2 | English | -lysis | decomposition or breakdown; dissolving;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “hydrolase”
- acetylhydrolase
- glycohydrolase
- phosphohydrolase
- amidohydrolase
- dimethylaminohydrolase
- dihydrolase
- aminohydrolase
- glucohydrolase
- diphosphohydrolase
- pyrophosphohydrolase
- glucanohydrolase
- xylanohydrolase
- glycanohydrolase
- ureohydrolase
- glycosylhydrolase
- ribosylhydrolase
- fructanohydrolase
- metallohydrolase
- triphosphohydrolase
- hydrolaza
- amylohydrolase
- cyclohydrolase
- endohydrolase
- exohydrolase