Etymology

unliganded

U1N1L1I1G2A1N1D2E1D2

Today it means: Having no ligand; especially (of a protein) deprived of any small molecule that it is sometimes associated with Full definition →

English ligand ← Middle English un- ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishligand
  9. English todayunliganded

From un- + ligand + -ed.

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