Etymology

peroxidase

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Today it means: Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides. Full definition →

English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  14. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  15. Frenchoxygène
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  18. Proto-Italic*akēō
  19. Latinaceō
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Latinacidu
  22. Frenchacide
  23. Frenchoxide
  24. Englishoxide
  25. Englishperoxide
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  27. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  28. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  29. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  31. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  34. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  35. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  36. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  37. Englishdiastase
  38. English todayperoxidase

From peroxide + -ase.

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