Where does “kinase” come from?

I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice the headword "kinase" doesn't appear in the chain provided. The chain shows the etymology of "-ase" (an enzyme suffix), not "kinase" specifically. Let me reconsider: if the task is to write the origin summary for "kinase" based on this chain, I would need a chain that actually includes "kinase." The chain given traces "-ase" back through English diastase to Ancient Greek διάστασις (meaning "separation"). Could you clarify: 1. Is the headword actually "-ase" (the enzyme suffix), not "kinase"? 2. Or should I have a different chain for "kinase"? If the headword is indeed "-ase," here's the sentence: The suffix -ase, used to name enzymes, derives from English diastase, from Ancient Greek δι

kinase (English): Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate...

Ancestry of “kinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκινέωto set in motion, move, remove; to inflect; to...
2Latinciliumeyelid; eyelash
3Proto-Italic*keljom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-yo-m
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “kinase

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-