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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neo | An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets |
| 2 | English | neo- | new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 4 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |