Etymograph

English

serinolysis

Serinolysis comes from Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς ‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’, from λύω ‘to loose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-1‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλύω1lúō‘to loose’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλῠ́σῐς1lŭ́sĭs‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’
  4. Englishtodayserinolysis1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English serinolysis

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-Wiktionary, English serinolysis‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλύωWiktionary, English serinolysislúō‘to loose’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλῠ́σῐςWiktionary, English serinolysislŭ́sĭs‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’
  4. EnglishtodayserinolysisWiktionary, English serinolysis

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’

so, lose, solution, solve, lease, sol, resolute, insoluble, loess, 29 more

through Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loose’

analysis, analyst, palsy, paralysis, dialysis, paralyze, paralytic, 15 more

Today it means

noun The hydrolysis or other breakdown of serine

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “serinolysis”. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- / serinolysis

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