Etymology of the English word peptidase
the English word
peptidaseusing 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-derived from the English word
peptideusing the English suffix
-idederived from the English word
oxidederived from the English word
pepticderived from the Latin word
pepticusderived from the Greek word
peptikos, πεπτικός
derived from the Greek word
peptos, πεπτός
derived from the Greek word
pepteinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pekʷ-derived from the English word
peptonederived from the German word
Peptonderived from the Greek word
pept, πεπτ
Derivations in English
aminopeptidase,
endopeptidase,
exopeptidase,
carboxypeptidaseUsage
Word found in Modern English
