Where does “secretion” come from?
Secretion comes from French sécrétion, from Latin secretio (a setting apart), derived from Latin se- (apart) and suus (one's own), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swé (self).
secretion (English): any substance that is secreted by an organism;...
Definitions
- any substance that is secreted by an organism;...
Ancestry of “secretion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sécrétion | secretion |
| 2 | Latin | sēcrētiō | separation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |