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Where does “oncogenic” come from?

Oncogenic comes from French -gène, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος and γένος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-, meaning to produce or give birth.

oncogenic (English): Causing the formation of tumors

Definitions

  1. Causing the formation of tumors

Ancestry of “oncogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “oncogenic”

  • oncogenicity
  • antioncogenic
  • protooncogenic
  • prooncogenic
  • proto-oncogenic
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