Etymology

progesterone

P3R1O1G2E1S1T1E1R1O1N1E1

Today it means: A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy. Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Latin gestāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Italic*prō
  5. Latinprō
  6. Englishpro-
  7. Latingestāre
  8. GermanKeton
  9. Englishketone
  10. English todayprogesterone

From pro- + Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) + English -one.

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