Etymology

disaccharidase

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Today it means: Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  9. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  10. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  11. Palisakkharā
  12. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  13. Latinsaccharon
  14. Latinsaccharum
  15. Englishsaccharo-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  17. Englishsaccharide
  18. Englishdisaccharide
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  20. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  22. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  23. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  24. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  26. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  27. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  28. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  29. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  30. Englishdiastase
  31. English todaydisaccharidase

From disaccharide + -ase.

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