Where does “adrenal” come from?

Adrenal comes from the prefix ad- meaning "toward" in Latin, from the preposition ad, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ád and ultimately to h₂éd.

adrenal (English): Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their...

Definitions

Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their...

Ancestry of “adrenal”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	ad-	near, at; toward, to, tendency, or addition
2	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3	Latin	īn-	—
4	Latin	în	—
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “adrenal”

adrenaline
adrenergic
adrenalin
noradrenaline
adrenalectomy
hypoadrenalism
sympathoadrenal
nonadrenergic
adrenalitis
antiadrenergic
hyperadrenergic
nonadrenal
adrenally
periadrenal
metadrenaline
postadrenalectomy
adrenalectomize
adrenalise
adrénaline
アドレナリン
adrenaline
aidréanailín
aidréanailíneach
adrenalien

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →

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