Etymology

thyroglobin

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Today it means: A globin produced by the thyroid gland Full definition →

English globin ← German Globin ← Latin globus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Englishthyroid
  12. Englishthyro-
  13. Latinglobus
  14. GermanGlobin
  15. Englishglobin
  16. English todaythyroglobin

From thyro- + globin.

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