Where does “phosphomutase” come from?

phosphomutase (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.

phosphomutase (English): Any mutase that acts on phosphate groups

Definitions

  1. Any mutase that acts on phosphate groups

Ancestry of “phosphomutase”, step by step

phosphomutase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mutase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmutaseAn isomerase that catalyzes the shifting of a...
2EnglishmutateTo undergo mutation; To cause mutation
3EnglishmutationAny alteration or change; Any heritable change of...
4Middle Englishmutaciounalteration, change, modification
5Old Frenchmutacionalteration; change
6Latinmutatiochange, alteration; interchange, exchange
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English phospho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphospho
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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