Etymology

-ase

Today it means: Used to form the names of enzymes. Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  9. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  11. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  12. Englishdiastase
  13. English today-ase

Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix.

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