Etymograph

English

hemicellulase

From hemicellulose + -ase.

Formed from hemicellulose + -ase

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemicellulose

Today it means

noun Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of hemicellulose.

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

Etymograph / hemicellulase