Etymology

proenzyme

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Today it means: Any inactive precursor of an enzyme that is converted to an enzyme by proteolysis; a zymogen. Full definition →

English enzyme ← Russian дэ (dɛ) ← Latin de
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Englishpro-
  6. Latinde
  7. Russianдэ (dɛ)
  8. Englishde
  9. EnglishEnzym
  10. Englishenzyme
  11. English todayproenzyme

From pro- + enzyme.

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