Etymology

neuroscience

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Today it means: The scientific study of the nervous system. Full definition →

English science ← Middle English science ← Old French science
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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*sek-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  8. Latinsciō
  9. Latinsciēns
  10. Latinscientia
  11. Old Frenchscience
  12. Middle Englishscience
  13. Englishscience
  14. English todayneuroscience

From neuro- + science.

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