Where does “prioniproteiini” come from?
prioniproteiini (Finnish) comes from Finnish proteiini, from Swedish protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
prioniproteiini (Finnish): prion protein, PrP
Definitions
- prion protein, PrP
Ancestry of “prioniproteiini”, step by step
prioniproteiini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish proteiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | proteiini | protein |
| 2 | Swedish | protein | protein |
| 3 | French | protéine | protein |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Finnish prioni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prioni | prion |
| 2 | English | Prion | A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue |
| 3 | Translingual | Prion | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρίων | saw; trephine, trepan; ridge of hills |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρίω | to saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the... |