Etymology

thyroglobulin

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Today it means: A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones Full definition →

English globulin ← French globule ← Latin globulu
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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. Latinglobulu
  15. Frenchglobule
  16. Englishglobule
  17. Englishglobulin
  18. English todaythyroglobulin

From thyro- + globulin.

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