Etymograph

English

endopeptidase

From endo- + peptide + -ase.

Formed from endo + peptide + ase

Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-

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Ancient Greek πέπτω ‘soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest’

Ancient Greek πεπτόν ‘cooked, digested’

German Pepton

German Peptid

English peptide

Yoruba àṣẹ

English ase

Today it means

noun Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which catalyze the splitting of polypeptide chains away from the ends

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