diastase=دياستاز

diastase=دياستاز

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

diastase (n.)

enzyme or group of enzymes found in a seed and capable of converting starch into sugar, coined 1833, by Payen and Persoz from Gk. diastasis "a seeting apart," from dia- "across" (see dia-) + stasis "a standing" (see stasis).

dia-

before vowels, di-, word-forming element meaning "through, thoroughly, entirely," from Gk. dia-, from dia "through, throughout," probably from the root of duo "two" (see two) with a base sense of "twice."

stasis

1745, from Medical Latin, from Gk. stasis "a standing still," related to statos "placed," verbal adjective of histemi "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).