Where does “regioversatility” come from?
regioversatility (English) comes from English versatility, from English versatile, from Latin versātilis, from Latin versātus, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
regioversatility (English): The ability of a drug or other compound to modify a macromolecule at multiple positions
Definitions
- The ability of a drug or other compound to modify a macromolecule at multiple positions
Ancestry of “regioversatility”, step by step
regioversatility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English versatility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | versatility | The property of being versatile or having many... |
| 2 | English | versatile | Capable of doing many things competently; Having... |
| 3 | Latin | versātilis | that turns or moves around, revolving, movable |
| 4 | Latin | versātus | turned |
| 5 | Latin | versō | to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over |
| 6 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English regio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | regio | In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a... |
| 2 | Latin | regiō | direction, line |
| 3 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |