Where does “gonadarche” come from?

gonadarche (English) comes from English gonad, from New Latin gonas, from Ancient Greek γονή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

gonadarche (English): The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone

Definitions

  1. The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone

Ancestry of “gonadarche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgonadA sex organ that produces gametes; specifically,...
2New Latingonas
3Ancient Greekγονήoffspring; that which engenders, seed; act of...
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ
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