Etymology

androgenic

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or being an androgen. Full definition →

English androgen ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂nḗr
  2. Proto-Hellenic*anḗr
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)
  4. Englishandro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  7. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  8. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  9. Englishandrogen
  10. English todayandrogenic

From androgen + -ic.

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