Etymology

neonicotinoid

N1E1O1N1I1C3O1T1I1N1O1I1D2

Today it means: Any of a certain class of insecticides that act on the central nervous system in a similar way to nicotine. Full definition →

English nicotinoid ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. FrenchNicot
  8. Frenchnicotine
  9. Englishnicotine
  10. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  13. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  14. Englishnicotinoid
  15. English todayneonicotinoid

From neo- + nicotinoid.

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