Where does “muropeptidase” come from?

muropeptidase (English) comes from English muropeptide, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muropeptidase (English): Any peptidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a muropeptide

Definitions

  1. Any peptidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a muropeptide

Ancestry of “muropeptidase”, step by step

muropeptidase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English muropeptide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmuropeptideAny peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall
2Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
3Old Latinmoerus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via English ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishasean essential energy in West African religions
2Yorubaaṣẹoffender
3Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →