Etymology

endoglycosylase

E1N1D2O1G2L1Y4C3O1S1Y4L1A1S1E1

Today it means: A glycosylase that does not remove terminal glycosyl groupe Full definition →

English glycosylase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  6. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  8. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  9. Frenchglucose
  10. Englishglucosebf.
  11. Englishglycose
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. Englishglycosyl
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  16. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  18. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  19. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  20. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  22. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  23. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  24. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  25. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  26. Englishdiastase
  27. Englishglycosylase
  28. English todayendoglycosylase

From endo- + glycosylase.

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