Etymology

menotropin

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Today it means: human menopausal gonadotropin; an active substance for the treatment of fertility disturbances Full definition →

English gonadotropin ← Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós) ← Latin tropus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  4. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  5. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  6. Frenchméno-
  7. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  8. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  9. Latinpausa
  10. Frenchménopause
  11. Englishmenopause
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishmenopausal
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  17. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  18. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  19. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  20. New Latingonadēs
  21. Englishgonad
  22. Englishgonado-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  24. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  25. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  26. Latintropus
  27. Englishgonadotrope
  28. Englishgonado-
  29. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  30. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  31. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  32. Englishgonadotropin
  33. English todaymenotropin

Blend of menopausal + gonadotropin.

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