protein的词源

英文词源

protein

protein: [19] The word protein was coined (as French protéine) by the Dutch chemist Mulder in the late 1830s. He based it on late Greek prōteios ‘primary’, a derivative of Greek prótos ‘first’ (see PROTOZOA), the notion being that proteins were substances of ‘primary’ importance to the proper functioning of the body.

protein (n.)

1844, from French protéine, coined 1838 by Dutch chemist Gerhard Johan Mulder (1802-1880), perhaps on suggestion of Berzelius, from Greek proteios "the first quality," from protos "first" (see proto-) + -ine (2).

Originally a theoretical substance thought to be essential to life, further studies of the substances he was working with overthrew this, but the words protein and proteid continued to be used in international work on the matter and also for other organic compounds; the modern use as a general name for a class of bodies arose in German. The confusion became so great a committee was set up in 1907 to sort out the nomenclature, which it did, giving protein its modern meaning and banishing proteid.

中文词源

protein：蛋白质

proto-,原始的，最早的，-ine,化学名词后缀，氨。后拼写变为protein.

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：protein 词源，protein 含义。

protein：蛋白质

前缀prot是前缀pro（前，向前）的最高级形式，所以prot表“最先的；第一的”；-e-为连接字母；-in为化学、生物学后缀，如vitamin（维生素）、albumin（白蛋白）等。其字面意思就是：第一位的、最重要的物质。因蛋白质是生命的物质基础，没有蛋白质就没有生命，且它在糖、油、蛋三类食物中位居第一。