Where does “oligoribonuclease” come from?
oligoribonuclease (English) comes from English ribonuclease, from English ribonucleic, from English ribose, from German Ribose, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus — to flow sharply.
oligoribonuclease (English): Any enzyme that hydrolyses oligoribonucleotides
Definitions
- Any enzyme that hydrolyses oligoribonucleotides
Ancestry of “oligoribonuclease”, step by step
oligoribonuclease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ribonuclease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ribonuclease | Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the... |
| 2 | English | ribonucleic | Of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid or its... |
| 3 | English | ribose | A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a... |
| 4 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 5 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 6 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 7 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 8 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 11 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 12 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via English oligo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oligo | An oligonucleotide |
| 2 | English | oligonucleotide | A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs |
| 3 | English | nucleotide | The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer... |
| 4 | English | nucleo- | Forming words pertaining to nuclei |
| 5 | Latin | nū̆cleus | (small) nut |
| 6 | Latin | nuculea | pertaining to a small nut |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |