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Where does “microproteinuria” come from?

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

microproteinuria (English): The presence of microprotein in the urine

Definitions

  1. The presence of microprotein in the urine

Ancestry of “microproteinuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproteinuriaThe presence of protein in the urine
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-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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