Etymology

aryldialkylphosphatase

Today it means: An enzyme that hydrolyzes organophosphates: an aryl dialkyl phosphate + H₂O ⇌ dialkyl phosphate + an aryl alcohol. Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  2. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  3. Late Latinarōmaticus
  4. Old Frencharomatique
  5. Englisharomatic
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  8. Englisharyl
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  12. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  13. Latindi-
  14. Englishdi-
  15. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  16. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  17. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  18. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  19. Medieval Latinalcoho
  20. Middle Englishalcofol
  21. Englishalc(ohol)
  22. Englishalkyl
  23. Englishdialkyl
  24. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  26. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  27. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  28. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  29. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  31. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  32. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  33. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  34. Latinphōsphorus
  35. Frenchphosphore
  36. Frenchphosphate
  37. Englishphosphate
  38. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  39. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  40. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  41. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  42. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  43. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  44. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  45. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  46. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  47. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  48. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  49. Englishdiastase
  50. English todayaryldialkylphosphatase

From aryl + dialkyl + phosphate + -ase.

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