Etymology

rhamnosyltransferase

Today it means: Any transferase that transfers a rhamnosyl group Full definition →

English transferase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Ancient Greekῥᾰ́μνος (rhắmnos)
  2. LatinRhamnusinflu.
  3. Late Latinrhamnus
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  5. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  6. Frenchglucose
  7. Englishglucosebf.
  8. Englishrhamnose
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. Englishrhamnosyl
  12. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  16. Proto-Italic*trāns
  17. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  18. Latintrāns-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  21. Proto-Italic*ferō
  22. Latinferō
  23. Latintrānsferō
  24. Englishtransfer
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  26. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  27. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  28. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  29. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  30. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  32. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  33. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  34. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  35. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  36. Englishdiastase
  37. Englishtransferase
  38. English todayrhamnosyltransferase

From rhamnosyl + transferase.

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