English
myostatin
Myostatin may come from Latin status ‘fixed, set, having been set’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatusas statos‘fixed, set, having been set’uncertain
- Englishtodaymyostatin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatusas statos‘fixed, set, having been set’uncertain
- Englishtodaymyostatin
Formed from myo + statin
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand (up)’
system, rest, post, stay, stand, distance, assistant, stood, contest, consistent, assistance, stadium, constitution, assist, establishment, establish, stable, instance, stem, resist, stability, substance, testimony, distant, instant, consist, persistent, destiny, destination, insist, stud, persist, prostitution, stool, static, prostitute, substitution, extant, stationary, stale, 156 more
through Latin status ‘fixed, set, having been set’
state, institute, status, institution, substitute, constitute, statue, statute, constituent, stade, estado, 5 more
Today it means
noun A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin status / myostatin