Where does “proelastase” come from?
proelastase (English) comes from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
proelastase (English): A precursor of elastase
Definitions
- A precursor of elastase
Ancestry of “proelastase”, step by step
proelastase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 2 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 3 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 6 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 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 elastase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elastase | An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown... |
| 2 | English | elastin | A protein, similar to collagen, found in... |
| 3 | English | elastic | Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of... |
| 4 | French | élastique | elastic; rubber band |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαστός | ductile, flexible |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐλατός | ductile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαύνω | drive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |