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Where does “atherogenic” come from?

atherogenic (English) comes from English -genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

atherogenic (English): that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis

Definitions

  1. that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis

Ancestry of “atherogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-genicproducing or generating something; produced or...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “atherogenic”

  • antiatherogenic
  • proatherogenic
  • atherogenicity
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →