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Where does “transcobalamin” come from?

transcobalamin (English) comes from English cobalamin, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

transcobalamin (English): Any of a class of carrier proteins which bind...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of carrier proteins which bind...

Ancestry of “transcobalamin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcobalaminAny of several forms of vitamin B depending on...
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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