Where does “ribosylhydrolase” come from?
ribosylhydrolase (English) comes from English ribosyl, from English ribose, from German Ribose, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic, from Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός — to flow sharply.
ribosylhydrolase (English): Any of a class of hydrolase enzymes that remove...
Definitions
- Any of a class of hydrolase enzymes that remove...
Ancestry of “ribosylhydrolase”, step by step
ribosylhydrolase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ribosyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ribosyl | any univalent radical derived from ribose |
| 2 | English | ribose | A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a... |
| 3 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 4 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 5 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 6 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 7 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 10 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 11 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via English hydrolase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydrolase | An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a... |
| 2 | English | hydrolysis | A chemical process of decomposition involving the... |
| 3 | English | -lysis | decomposition or breakdown; dissolving;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |