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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Hellenic*apó
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
- Englishapo-
- Englishprotein
- English todayapoprotein
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
apoprotein
Today it means: The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein; for example, an apolipoprotein plus a lipid particle yields a lipoprotein. Full definition →
English protein ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) ← Proto-Hellenic *apó