Etymology of the English word cellulase
the English word
cellulasederived from the English word
cellulosederived from the French word
cellulosederived from the French word
cellulederived from the Latin word
cellula (cell; chamber of brain; ovary; cell; monastery, daughter house; small, slave's room; lowly apartment)
derived from the Latin word
cella (cell; monastery; storeroom, cellar, larder)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kel-using the French suffix
-oseusing 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-Date
The earliest known usage of cellulase in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
