Where does “pentabody” come from?

pentabody (English) comes from English Body, from Middle English bode, from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

pentabody (English): A pentavalent ligand that attaches to transmembrane proteins

Definitions

  1. A pentavalent ligand that attaches to transmembrane proteins

Ancestry of “pentabody”, step by step

pentabody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via English penta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpenta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ-