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Where does “ureohydrolase” come from?

ureohydrolase (English) comes from English hydrolase, from English hydrolysis, from English -lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ureohydrolase (English): Any of various hydrolase enzymes involved in...

Definitions

  1. Any of various hydrolase enzymes involved in...

Ancestry of “ureohydrolase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrolaseAn enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a...
2EnglishhydrolysisA chemical process of decomposition involving the...
3English-lysisdecomposition or breakdown; dissolving;...
4Ancient Greekλύσιςloosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →