Where does “Signalprotein” come from?

Signalprotein (German) comes from German Signal, from French signal, from Old French segnal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Latin signālis, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Signalprotein (German): signaling protein

Definitions

  1. signaling protein

Ancestry of “Signalprotein”, step by step

Signalprotein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Signal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSignalsignal
2Frenchsignalsignal
3Old Frenchsegnalemblem; badge; signature; distinguishing mark...
4Medieval Latinsignalesignal
5Latinsignālis
6Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
7Proto-Italicseknomsign
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via German Protein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProteinprotein
2Ancient Greekπρωτεῖοςprimary
3Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
4Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-