Etymology

multienzyme

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Today it means: Any protein having two or more catalytic functions Full definition →

English enzyme ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishenzyme
  7. English todaymultienzyme

From multi- + enzyme.

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