Etymology

gonadotropinic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by gonadotropin Full definition →

English gonadotropin ← Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós) ← Latin tropus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  4. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  5. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  6. New Latingonadēs
  7. Englishgonad
  8. Englishgonado-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  10. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  11. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  12. Latintropus
  13. Englishgonadotrope
  14. Englishgonado-
  15. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  16. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  17. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  18. Englishgonadotropin
  19. English todaygonadotropinic

From gonadotropin + -ic.

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