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Where does “topoisomerase” come from?

Topoisomerase comes from English isomerase, English isomer, English diastase, Ancient Greek σθένος (strength), Ancient Greek διά (through), and Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to stand or arrange.

topoisomerase (English): Any of several enzymes that affect the topology...

Definitions

  1. Any of several enzymes that affect the topology...

Ancestry of “topoisomerase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisomeraseAny enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of one...
2EnglishisomerAny of two or more compounds with the same...
3EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
4Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
5Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
6Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
7Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
8GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
9GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
10GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
11Old High Germandahs—
12Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
13Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
14Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
15Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
16Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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