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Where does “transamidase” come from?

transamidase (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

transamidase (English): Any transferase that transfers an amide group

Definitions

  1. Any transferase that transfers an amide group

Ancestry of “transamidase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3EnglishgenderClass; kind; A division of nouns and pronouns ...
4Middle Englishgender—
5Middle Frenchgendre—
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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