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Where does “monoagent” come from?

monoagent (English) comes from English agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

monoagent (English): Any chemotherapeutic agent that works alone

Definitions

  1. Any chemotherapeutic agent that works alone

Ancestry of “monoagent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagentOne who exerts power, or has the power to act;...
2Latinagēns—
3Latinagō—
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →