Where does “melanoproteinase” come from?

melanoproteinase (English) comes from English proteinase, from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

melanoproteinase (English): Any proteinase that acts on a melanoprotein

Definitions

  1. Any proteinase that acts on a melanoprotein

Ancestry of “melanoproteinase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishproteinaseprotease
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →