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Where does “menotropin” come from?

menotropin (English) comes from English gonadotropin, from English gonadotrope, from English -trope, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.

menotropin (English): human menopausal gonadotropin; an active...

Definitions

  1. human menopausal gonadotropin; an active...

Ancestry of “menotropin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgonadotropinAny of a group of protein hormones secreted by...
2Englishgonadotrope—
3English-tropesomething that turns, affects, changes, responds,...
4Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
5Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
6Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
7Ancient Greek-ή—
8Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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