Etymology of the English suffix -ase
the English suffix
-asederived from the English word
diastasederived from the French word
diastasederived from the Greek word
diastasis, διάστασις
derived from the Greek word
diistemi, διΐστημι (to stand apart; to remove, intervene)
derived from the Greek word
diistanaiderived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-derived from the Greek word
stasis, στάσις (a standing (properly, the act); (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy)
derived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-Derivations in English
casease,
cellulase,
guanase,
kinase,
lactase,
maltase,
protease,
reductase,
amidase,
aminase,
amylase,
asparaginase,
catalase,
chlorophyllase,
cyclase,
decarboxylase,
dehydrochlorinase,
dehydrogenase,
dextranase,
dipeptidase,
disaccharidase,
elastase,
esterase,
gyrase,
histaminase,
hydrase,
inulase,
invertase,
isomerase,
lipase,
nitrogenase,
nuclease,
nucleosidase,
oxygenase,
pectase,
peptidase,
peroxidase,
phosphatase,
polymerase,
proteinase,
replicase,
synthetase,
tyrosinase,
urease,
deaminase,
hydrolase,
phosphorylase,
dnase,
phospholipase,
sulfatase,
uraseUsage
Word found in Modern English
