Where does “neoadjuvant” come from?
Neoadjuvant comes from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, "new") combined with Latin ad- (ad-, "to") and Proto-Indo-European h₂éd ("to add or put to").
neoadjuvant (English): Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a...
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- Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a...
Ancestry of “neoadjuvant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | adjuvant | Helping; helpful; assisting; Designating a... |
| 2 | Latin | adiuvans | helping, assisting; cheering |
| 3 | Latin | adiuvare | present active infinitive of adiuvō;... |
| 4 | Latin | adiuvo | I help, assist; I cheer |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |