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Where does “antisenescence” come from?

antisenescence (English) comes from English senescence, from English senescent, from Latin senescens, from Latin senescere, from Latin senere, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

antisenescence (English): Inhibiting senescence

Definitions

  1. Inhibiting senescence

Ancestry of “antisenescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsenescenceThe state or process of ageing, especially in...
2EnglishsenescentGrowing old; decaying with the lapse of time;...
3Latinsenescensageing; decaying, declining etc; waning
4Latinsenescerepresent active infinitive of senēscō; to grow old
5Latinsenereto be old
6Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
7Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
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