Where does “protooncoprotein” come from?

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

protooncoprotein (English): Any protein that is converted to an oncoprotein

Definitions

  1. Any protein that is converted to an oncoprotein

Ancestry of “protooncoprotein”, step by step

protooncoprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oncoprotein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoncoproteinA protein that is coded for by an oncogene
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English proto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotoPrototypical; preceding the proper beginning of...
2Englishproto-first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating...
3Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂