Where does “collagenous” come from?
Collagenous derives from English collagen, from French collagène, from Ancient Greek κόλλα meaning glue, with the suffix -osus denoting abundance or full of a quality.
collagenous (English): Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen
Ancestry of “collagenous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ous | Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 3 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |
Words derived from “collagenous”