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Where does “proacrosin” come from?

proacrosin (English) comes from English acrosin, from English acrosome, from English acro, from English acrobatic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

proacrosin (English): A protein that is a precursor of acrosin

Definitions

  1. A protein that is a precursor of acrosin

Ancestry of “proacrosin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacrosinA proteolytic enzyme, found in the acrosome of...
2EnglishacrosomeA structure forming the end of the head of a...
3Englishacroof or pertaining to something that combines...
4EnglishacrobaticOf or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem—
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-—
14Latinîn—
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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