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Where does “phosphocarrier” come from?

phosphocarrier (English) comes from English carrier, from Middle English cariere, from Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥sós — to run.

phosphocarrier (English): A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved...

Definitions

  1. A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved...

Ancestry of “phosphocarrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarrierA person or object that carries someone or...
2Middle Englishcariere—
3Middle Englishcarien—
4Anglo-Normancarierto carry
5Latincarrusa wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,...
6Gaulishkarroswagon
7Proto-Celtickarroswagon
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥sósvehicle
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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