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Where does “phosphodeficient” come from?

phosphodeficient (English) comes from English deficient, from Latin dēficiens, from Latin deficere, from Latin defectus, from Latin deficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

phosphodeficient (English): Having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites

Definitions

  1. Having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites

Ancestry of “phosphodeficient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeficientLacking something essential; "often construed...
2Latindēficiens—
3Latindeficerepresent active infinitive of dēficiō;...
4Latindefectusfailure; absence; weakness, failing, defect
5LatindeficioI withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,...
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →