Where does “secretolytic” come from?
secretolytic (English) comes from English secretion, from French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
secretolytic (English): That breaks up secretions; Any substance or agent...
Definitions
- That breaks up secretions; Any substance or agent...
Ancestry of “secretolytic”, step by step
secretolytic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English secretion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | secretion | any substance that is secreted by an organism;... |
| 2 | French | sécrétion | secretion |
| 3 | Latin | sēcrētiō | separation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English lytic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lytic | of, relating to, or causing lysis; of or relating... |
| 2 | English | lysis | A gradual recovery from disease; The... |
| 3 | Latin | lysis | loosening; rupture |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |