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Where does “osteoinductive” come from?

osteoinductive (English) comes from English inductive, from Middle French inductif, from Latin inductivus, from Latin indūcō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

osteoinductive (English): Relating to osteoinduction

Definitions

  1. Relating to osteoinduction

Ancestry of “osteoinductive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinductiveOf, or relating to logical induction; Of,...
2Middle Frenchinductif—
3Latininductivusrelating to an assumption
4Latinindūcō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →