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Where does “methylhistidine” come from?

methylhistidine (English) comes from English histidine, from English -idine, from English pyridine, from German Pyridin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

methylhistidine (English): Any methyl derivative of histidine, but...

Definitions

  1. Any methyl derivative of histidine, but...

Ancestry of “methylhistidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhistidineAn essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...
2English-idineDenotes a chemical compound containing a ring...
3EnglishpyridineAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
4GermanPyridinpyridine
5German-īn—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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