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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

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-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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