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Where does “integrase” come from?

integrase (English) comes from English integrate, from Latin integratus, from Latin integro, from Latin integer, from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros.

integrase (English): Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of...

Ancestry of “integrase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintegrateTo form into one whole; to make entire; to...
2Latinintegratusrenewed, restored, having been made whole; begun...
3LatinintegroI renew, restore, make whole; I begin again,...
4Latinintegercomplete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,...
5Proto-Italic*n̥tagros—
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