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Where does “autoinjector” come from?

autoinjector (English) comes from English injector, from French injecteur, from French injecter, from Latin iniectāre, from Latin iniectus, from Latin iniciō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

autoinjector (English): A medical device designed to deliver a single...

Definitions

  1. A medical device designed to deliver a single...

Ancestry of “autoinjector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinjectorAny of various devices that are used to inject...
2Frenchinjecteurinjector
3Frenchinjecterto inject
4Latininiectāre—
5Latininiectusthrown etc; seized
6Latininiciō—
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →