metalloproteinase
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English protein Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English proteinase English metalloproteinase From metallo- + proteinase.