Etymology

polyserine

P3O1L1Y4S1E1R1I1N1E1

Today it means: A polypeptide composed of only serine amino acids Full definition →

English serine ← Latin sēricus ← Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
  6. Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
  7. Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
  8. Latinsēricus
  9. Englishserine
  10. English todaypolyserine

From poly- + serine.

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