Where does “nitrosoprotein” come from?

nitrosoprotein (English) comes from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

nitrosoprotein (English): Any protein whose free -SH groups have been nitrosylated, typically by atmospheric NO

Definitions

  1. Any protein whose free -SH groups have been nitrosylated, typically by atmospheric NO

Ancestry of “nitrosoprotein”, step by step

nitrosoprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English protein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
2Frenchprotéineprotein
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English nitroso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrosoThe univalent radical and functional group -N=O
2Latinnitrōsusfull of various nitrogen-containing chemicals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a