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Where does “transcriptase” come from?

Transcriptase derives from English transcript, Ancient Greek διάστασις (meaning separation), Ancient Greek διά and δισα, Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, steh₂-, and dwóh₁.

transcriptase (English): A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of...

Definitions

  1. A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of...

Ancestry of “transcriptase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranscriptSomething which has been transcribed; a writing...
2Latintranscriptustranscribed
3Latintrānscrībō—
4Latinscrībō—
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “transcriptase”

  • retrotranscriptase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →