Where does “exopeptidază” come from?
exopeptidază (Romanian) comes from Romanian peptidază, from English peptidase, from English peptide, from German Peptid, from Ancient Greek πεπτός, from Ancient Greek πέπτω, from Ancient Greek πέσσω, from Proto-Hellenic péťťō.
exopeptidază (Romanian): exopeptidase
Definitions
- exopeptidase
Ancestry of “exopeptidază”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | peptidază | peptidase |
| 2 | English | peptidase | Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of... |
| 3 | English | peptide | Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of... |
| 4 | German | Peptid | peptide |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεπτός | digested; cooked |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέπτω | Alternative form of πέσσω; ripen; I digest |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέσσω | I soften, ripen; I boil, cook, bake; I digest |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | péťťō | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷ-ye- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |