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Where does “osteogenic” come from?

Osteogenic derives from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (bone) combined with Ancient Greek -γενής (producing or generating), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- (to beget or produce).

osteogenic (English): Of, or relating to, osteogenesis

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to, osteogenesis

Ancestry of “osteogenic”, 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 “osteogenic”

  • osteogenicity
  • nonosteogenic
  • osteogenically
  • antiosteogenic
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