myEtymology.com: English etymology of polymerase

Etymology of the English word polymerase

the English word polymerase

using the English suffix -ase

derived from the English word diastase

derived from the French word diastase

derived from the Greek word diastasis, διάστασις

derived from the Greek word diistemi, διΐστημι (to stand apart; to remove, intervene)

derived from the Greek word diistanai

derived from the Greek word histanai

derived 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 histanai

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

derived from the English word polymer

derived from the Greek word polumeres, πολυμερής

derived from the Greek word meros, μέρος (portion; thigh; a thigh; a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application))

using the Byzantine Greek prefix polu-, πολυ-

derived from the Greek word polus, πολύς (much, many; largely, mostly)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-

Usage

Word found in Modern English