Etymology

pectinase

P3E1C3T1I1N1A1S1E1

Today it means: Any protease that break down pectin. Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-
  2. Ancient Greekπήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi)
  3. Ancient Greekπηκτός (pēktós)
  4. Ancient Greekπηκτικός (pēktikós)
  5. Frenchacide pectique
  6. Frenchpectine
  7. Englishpectin
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  11. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  12. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  16. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  17. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  18. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  19. Englishdiastase
  20. English todaypectinase

From pectin + -ase.

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