Where does “hormone” come from?

Hormone comes from Ancient Greek ὁρμή, meaning impulse or urge, which derives from Proto-Indo-European ser-.

hormone (English): Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed...

Definitions

  1. Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed...

Ancestry of “hormone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὁρμήviolent pressure, assault, force; first...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “hormone

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-
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