Etymology

endopeptidase

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Today it means: Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which catalyze the splitting of polypeptide chains away from the ends Full definition →

English diastase ← 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-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷ-ye-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pét͏̌t͏̌ō
  8. Ancient Greekπέσσω (péssō)bf.
  9. Ancient Greekπέπτω (péptō)
  10. Ancient Greekπεπτόν (peptón)
  11. GermanPepton
  12. Englishpeptone
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. GermanPepton
  15. GermanPeptid
  16. Englishpeptide
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  18. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  20. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  21. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  22. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  24. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  25. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  26. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  27. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  28. Englishdiastase
  29. English todayendopeptidase

From endo- + peptide + -ase.

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