Where does “polyubiquitin” come from?
polyubiquitin (English) comes from English ubiquitin, from English ubiquitous, from English ubiquity, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubique, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
polyubiquitin (English): A chain of several ubiquitin molecules attached...
Definitions
- A chain of several ubiquitin molecules attached...
Ancestry of “polyubiquitin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ubiquitin | Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide,... |
| 2 | English | ubiquitous | Being everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing... |
| 3 | English | ubiquity | The state or quality of being, or appearing to... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | ubīquitās | — |
| 5 | Latin | ubique | everywhere |
| 6 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |