Where does “neurotracer” come from?

neurotracer (English) comes from English tracer, from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere — to run.

neurotracer (English): A fluorescent tracer that adheres to neurons

Definitions

  1. A fluorescent tracer that adheres to neurons

Ancestry of “neurotracer”, step by step

neurotracer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tracer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtracerA compound, element, or isotope used to track the...
2EnglishtraceAn act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a...
3Middle EnglishtraceA trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
4Old Frenchtracetrace (markings showing where one has been)
5Old Frenchtracier
6Latintractiāretrace, score, delineate
7Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
8Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
10Proto-Italictraɣō
11Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

via English neuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishneuroNeurologist; Neurology
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic traɣō
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