Where does “mechanoinsensitive” come from?

mechanoinsensitive (English) comes from English insensitive, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

mechanoinsensitive (English): insensitive to mechanical pain (typically used of nociceptors)

Definitions

  1. insensitive to mechanical pain (typically used of nociceptors)

Ancestry of “mechanoinsensitive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinsensitiveNot expressing normal physical feeling; Not...
2Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
3Middle Englishin-
4Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European énEvery word from Proto-Germanic inEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *in
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