English
elicitin
From elicit + -in.
Formed from elicit + -in
Proto-Italic *lakjō ‘to draw, pull’
Latin laciō ‘to entice, ensnare’
Latin eliciō ‘draw forth’
Latin elicitus ‘enticed, elicited, coaxed’
English elicit
Today it means
noun Any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain phytopathogenic microorganisms and inducing a necrotic and systemic hypersensitive response in certain plants.
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Etymograph / elicitin