Etymology

deadenylase

D2E1A1D2E1N1Y4L1A1S1E1

Today it means: Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Latin dē-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishadenyl
  8. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  9. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  10. Englishdiastase
  11. English todaydeadenylase

From de- + adenyl + -ase.

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