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Where does “muropeptide” come from?

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

muropeptide (English): Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall

Definitions

  1. Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall

Ancestry of “muropeptide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūrus—
2Old Latinmoerus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muropeptide”

  • anhydromuropeptide
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