Etymology

androgenous

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English androgen ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  12. English todayandrogenous

From androgen + -ous.

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