Where does “ubistatin” come from?
ubistatin (English) comes from English ubiquitin, from English ubiquitous, from English ubiquity, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubique, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
ubistatin (English): Any of a class of compounds that inhibit...
Definitions
- Any of a class of compounds that inhibit...
Ancestry of “ubistatin”, step by step
ubistatin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ubiquitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ubiquitin | Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide,... |
| 2 | English | ubiquitous | Being everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing... |
| 3 | English | ubiquity | The state or quality of being, or appearing to... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | ubīquitās | — |
| 5 | Latin | ubique | everywhere |
| 6 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via English statin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | statin | Any of a class of drugs that lower the amount of... |
| 2 | English | -statin | Used to form the names of statin drugs |
| 3 | English | -ín | Attached to a word (usually a verb) to denote a protest, demonstration or other type of gathering characterized by the activity denoted by the base word |
| 4 | English | in | Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position... |
| 5 | Middle English | in | Any kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |