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...

Definitions

  1. Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a...

Ancestry of “neoadjuvant”, step by step

neoadjuvant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English adjuvant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadjuvantHelping; helpful; assisting; Designating a...
2Latinadiuvanshelping, assisting; cheering
3Latinadiuvarepresent active infinitive of adiuvō;...
4LatinadiuvoI help, assist; I cheer
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Neo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNeoAn optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets
2Englishneo-new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to...
3Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
4Latinfēlēscat
5Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
6Proto-Uralicpidetall
7Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
8Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
9Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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