Where does “multicaspase” come from?

multicaspase (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

multicaspase (English): A mixture of several caspases used to study apoptosis

Definitions

  1. A mixture of several caspases used to study apoptosis

Ancestry of “multicaspase”, step by step

multicaspase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English caspase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaspaseAny of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-