English

exoloop

From exo- + loop.

Formed from exo- + loop

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’

Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’

Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’

Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’

Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’

English loop

Today it means

noun A polypeptide loop on the outside of a protein

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