Etymology

neuroactive

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Today it means: That acts on the central nervous system. Full definition →

English active ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Old Frenchactif
  7. Middle Englishactyf
  8. Englishactive
  9. English todayneuroactive

From neuro- + active.

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