Etymology

serotonergic

S1E1R1O1T1O1N1E1R1G2I1C3

Today it means: Containing or releasing serotonin. Full definition →

English seroton(in) ← Middle English tone ← Latin tonus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  3. Proto-Italic*serom
  4. Latinserum
  5. Englishserum
  6. Englishsero-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  10. Ancient Greekτόνος (tónos)
  11. Latintonus
  12. Middle Englishtone
  13. Englishtone
  14. Englishseroton(in)
  15. English todayserotonergic

From seroton(in) + -ergic.

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