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Where does “proteasome” come from?

proteasome (English) comes from English protease, from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

proteasome (English): A complex protein, found in bacterial, archeal...

Definitions

  1. A complex protein, found in bacterial, archeal...

Ancestry of “proteasome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproteaseAn enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “proteasome”

  • proteasomal
  • immunoproteasome
  • proteasomally
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