English
activase
From active + -ase.
A compound of active + -ase
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Latin agō ‘to do, to act’
Latin āctīvus
Old French actif
Middle English actyf ‘active’
English active
Today it means
noun Any enzyme that activates a gene
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / activase