Where does “multisynthetase” come from?
multisynthetase (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.
multisynthetase (English): A complex of multiple synthetases
Definitions
- A complex of multiple synthetases
Ancestry of “multisynthetase”, step by step
multisynthetase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English synthetase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | synthetase | Any ligase that synthesizes biological compounds... |
| 2 | English | synthesis | The formation of something complex or coherent by... |
| 3 | Latin | synthesis | A collection or reunion of many objects of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύνθεσις | a putting together, composition, combination,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συντίθημι | to assemble, put together |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |