The story
- Latin · derived fromavidus“hungry”
- English todayavidin
From Latin avidus (“hungry”) + -in, based on its "hunger" for biotin.
Words from the same roots
Latinavidus all →
avid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
avidin
Today it means: A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs. Full definition →
Latin avidus