Etymology

anhydrase

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Today it means: An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of water from a material. Full definition →

English hydrase ← Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Englishhydrase
  8. English todayanhydrase

From an- + hydrase.

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