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Where does “metapyrocatechase” come from?

metapyrocatechase (English) comes from English pyrocatechase, from English catechase, from English catechol, from English -ol, from English alcohol, from French alcohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل.

metapyrocatechase (English): Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, an enzyme that...

Definitions

  1. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, an enzyme that...

Ancestry of “metapyrocatechase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpyrocatechaseCatechol 1,2-dioxygenase
2Englishcatechasecatechol dioxygenase
3EnglishcatecholThe biologically important diphenol...
4English-olAn alcohol or phenol; Indicating an oily...
5EnglishalcoholAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
6FrenchalcoholAlternative spelling of alcool
7Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum →