Etymology

autoantigen

A1U1T1O1A1N1T1I1G2E1N1

Today it means: Any antigen that stimulates autoantibodies in the organism that produced it; an antigen produced by the self (that is, by one's own tissues). Full definition →

English antigen ← French antigène ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  14. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  15. Frenchanti-
  16. Frenchgène
  17. Frenchantigène
  18. Englishantigen
  19. English todayautoantigen

From auto- + antigen.

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