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Where does “tripsina” come from?

tripsina (Spanish) comes from English trypsin, from English -ín, from English in, from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in.

tripsina (Spanish): trypsin

Definitions

  1. trypsin

Ancestry of “tripsina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrypsinA digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds
2English-ín—
3EnglishinUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position...
4Middle EnglishinAny kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in—

Words derived from “tripsina”

  • antitripsina
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →