Etymology

transpeptidase

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Today it means: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amino or peptide group from one molecule to another Full definition →

English peptidase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷ-ye-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pét͏̌t͏̌ō
  12. Ancient Greekπέσσω (péssō)bf.
  13. Ancient Greekπέπτω (péptō)
  14. Ancient Greekπεπτόν (peptón)
  15. GermanPepton
  16. Englishpeptone
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. GermanPepton
  19. GermanPeptid
  20. Englishpeptide
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  22. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  24. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  25. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  26. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  28. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  29. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  31. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  32. Englishdiastase
  33. Englishpeptidase
  34. English todaytranspeptidase

From trans- + peptidase.

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