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Where does “naphthylamidase” come from?

naphthylamidase (English) comes from English naphthylamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

naphthylamidase (English): Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...

Ancestry of “naphthylamidase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaphthylamideAny amide in which the amino group is...
2EnglishamideAny derivative of an oxoacid in which the...
3English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
4Middle French-ide—
5Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →