Where does “phosphohydrolase” come from?

phosphohydrolase (English) comes from English hydrolase, from English hydrolysis, from English -lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

phosphohydrolase (English): Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate...

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate...

Ancestry of “phosphohydrolase”, step by step

phosphohydrolase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hydrolase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrolaseAn enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...
2EnglishhydrolysisA chemical process of decomposition involving the...
3English-lysisdecomposition or breakdown; dissolving;...
4Ancient Greekλύσιςloosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via English phospho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphospho

Words derived from “phosphohydrolase

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Ancient Greek -σῐςEvery word from Ancient Greek λύσις