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Where does “paraplegin” come from?

paraplegin (English) comes from English paraplegia, from New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη, from Ancient Greek παραπλήσσεσθαι, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

paraplegin (English): A metalloprotease associated with paraplegia

Definitions

  1. A metalloprotease associated with paraplegia

Ancestry of “paraplegin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparaplegiaA condition where the lower half of a patient's...
2New Latinparaplegia—
3Ancient Greekπαραπληγίη—
4Ancient Greekπαραπλήσσεσθαιto be stricken on one side
5Ancient Greekπαρά
6Latinverēdus—
7Gaulishwerēdoshorse
8Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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