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Where does “pyrrolysyl” come from?

pyrrolysyl (English) comes from English pyrrolysine, from English lysine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

pyrrolysyl (English): A univalent radical derived from pyrrolysine

Definitions

  1. A univalent radical derived from pyrrolysine

Ancestry of “pyrrolysyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpyrrolysineAn amino acid found in methanogenic bacteria
2EnglishlysineAn essential amino acid, CHNO
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →