Etymology

desoxycorticosterone

English corticosterone ← German Keton ← Latin cortex
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The story

  1. Englishdesoxy-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  5. Latincortex
  6. Englishcortico-
  7. Englishcholesterol
  8. Englishsterol
  9. GermanKeton
  10. Englishketone
  11. Englishcorticosterone
  12. English todaydesoxycorticosterone

From desoxy- + corticosterone.

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