Where does “immunological” come from?
Immunological derives from English immune and English -logy, ultimately from Latin immunis, composed of Latin in- meaning "not" and Latin munis meaning "obligated," combined with English -logy meaning "study of."
immunological (English): Of, or relating to immunology; Any drug used to...
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- Of, or relating to immunology; Any drug used to...
Ancestry of “immunological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immunology | The branch of medicine that concerns the body's... |
| 2 | English | -ology | Alternative form of -logy; 1843, Thomas Chandler... |
| 3 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 4 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 5 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 6 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 7 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 8 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 9 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 10 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “immunological”
- immunologically
- psychoneuroimmunological
- nonimmunological
- neuroimmunological
- autoimmunological
- radioimmunological
- psychoimmunological
- osteoimmunological
- histoimmunological
- cytoimmunological
- cryoimmunological
- ecoimmunological
- viroimmunological
- cytoimmunologically
- autoimmunologically
- nonimmunologically
- radioimmunologically
- psychoneuroimmunologically