Etymology

neuromodulator

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Today it means: A substance other than a neurotransmitter, released by a neuron at a synapse and conveying information to adjacent or distant neurons, either enhancing or dampening their activities. Full definition →

English modulator ← Latin modulor ← Proto-Italic *medos
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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. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  8. Proto-Italic*medos
  9. Latinmodus
  10. Latinmodulus
  11. Latinmodulor
  12. Englishmodulate
  13. Englishmodulator
  14. English todayneuromodulator

From neuro- + modulator.

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