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Where does “renin” come from?

Renin comes from Latin ren, from Proto-Italic hrēn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren-, all referring to the kidney.

renin (English): A circulating enzyme released by mammalian...

Definitions

  1. A circulating enzyme released by mammalian...

Ancestry of “renin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position...
2Middle EnglishinAny kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in—

Words derived from “renin”

  • hyporeninemic
  • prorenin
  • hyperreninemia
  • hyporeninemia
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →