English

endolysin

From endo- + lysin.

Formed from endo- + lysin

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’

Ancient Greek λύσις ‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’

English lysin

Today it means

noun Any endogenous lysin

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / endolysin