Where does “redoxase” come from?
redoxase (English) comes from English redox, from English oxidation, from French oxydation — oxidation.
redoxase (English): Any enzyme that catalyses a redox reaction
Definitions
- Any enzyme that catalyses a redox reaction
Ancestry of “redoxase”, step by step
redoxase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English redox
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | redox | Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation... |
| 2 | English | oxidation | The combination of a substance with oxygen; A... |
| 3 | French | oxydation | oxidation |
via English ase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ase | an essential energy in West African religions |
| 2 | Yoruba | aṣẹ | offender |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | à- | Class 1 subject concord |