English
protosite
From proto- + site.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’
English proto-
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build’
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Latin sinō ‘to put, lay, set down’
Latin situs ‘position, place, site’
Anglo-Norman site
Middle English site ‘site, location’
English site
Today it means
noun Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “protosite”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / protosite