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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”

  • hormonal
  • pheromone
  • hormonally
  • neurohormonal
  • prohormone
  • pheromonal
  • neurohormone
  • nonhormonal
  • phytohormone
  • hormonelike
  • antihormonal
  • antihormone
  • preprohormone
  • nonhormone
  • hormonogenesis
  • pheromonally
  • chemohormonal
  • phytohormonal
  • prehormone
  • multihormonal
  • parahormone
  • multihormone
  • hormonology
  • proteohormone
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