Etymology

lysozyme

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Today it means: A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white. Full definition →

English enzyme ← Russian дэ (dɛ) ← Latin de
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
  3. Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
  4. Englishlyso-
  5. Latinde
  6. Russianдэ (dɛ)
  7. Englishde
  8. EnglishEnzym
  9. Englishenzyme
  10. English todaylysozyme

From lyso- + enzyme.

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