Etymology

glycosylhydrolase

Today it means: Any of many enzymes that hydrolyse glycosides Full definition →

English hydrolase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  2. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  4. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  5. Frenchglucose
  6. Englishglucosebf.
  7. Englishglycose
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishglycosyl
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  13. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  15. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  16. Englishhydro-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  18. Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
  19. Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
  20. Englishhydrolysis
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  22. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  24. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  25. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  26. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  28. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  29. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  31. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  32. Englishdiastase
  33. Englishhydrolase
  34. English todayglycosylhydrolase

From glycosyl + hydrolase.

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