Where does “serine” come from?

Serine comes from Latin sericus, formed with the suffix -icus from Ancient Greek Σήρ, ultimately from Literary Chinese 絲 meaning silk, with -icus descended from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

serine (English): A nonessential amino acid, CHOH.CHCOOH, found in...

Definitions

  1. A nonessential amino acid, CHOH.CHCOOH, found in...

Ancestry of “serine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSēricussilken, made of silk
2Ancient Greekσηρικόςseric, silken
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “serine”

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