Etymology of the English word polymerase
the English word
polymeraseusing 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
polymerderived 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
