Where does “phosphoglyceromutase” come from?
phosphoglyceromutase (English) comes from English mutase, from English mutate, from English mutation, from Middle English mutacioun, from Old French mutacion, from Latin mutatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
phosphoglyceromutase (English): An enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes...
Definitions
- An enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes...
Ancestry of “phosphoglyceromutase”, step by step
phosphoglyceromutase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mutase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mutase | An isomerase that catalyzes the shifting of a... |
| 2 | English | mutate | To undergo mutation; To cause mutation |
| 3 | English | mutation | Any alteration or change; Any heritable change of... |
| 4 | Middle English | mutacioun | alteration, change, modification |
| 5 | Old French | mutacion | alteration; change |
| 6 | Latin | mutatio | change, alteration; interchange, exchange |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English phosphoglycerate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phosphoglycerate | glycerophosphate |
| 2 | English | glycerate | Any salt or ester of glyceric acid |
| 3 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 4 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |