English
arrestin
From arrest + -in.
A compound of arrest + -in
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
…
Latin restō ‘to stop’
Vulgar Latin *arrestō ‘to stop’
Old French areste
Middle English arest
English arrest
Today it means
noun Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / arrestin