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Where does “intersubunit” come from?

intersubunit (English) comes from English subunit, from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.

intersubunit (English): Occurring between protein subunits

Definitions

  1. Occurring between protein subunits

Ancestry of “intersubunit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubunitAny subdivision of a larger unit; A protein...
2EnglishunitOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a...
3EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
4Middle Englishuniten—
5Latinūnītus—
6Latinūniō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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