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Where does “stimulation” come from?

Stimulation derives from Latin stimulatio, from stimulo, from stimulus meaning goad or pointed stick, from Proto-Indo-European steyǵ-.

stimulation (English): A pushing or goading toward action; An activity...

Definitions

  1. A pushing or goading toward action; An activity...

Ancestry of “stimulation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstimulatioa pricking on, incitement, stimulation
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “stimulation”

  • overstimulation
  • hyperstimulation
  • stim
  • microstimulation
  • neurostimulation
  • electrostimulation
  • immunostimulation
  • biostimulation
  • interstimulation
  • photostimulation
  • macrostimulation
  • restimulation
  • poststimulation
  • prestimulation
  • phytostimulation
  • counterstimulation
  • nonstimulation
  • allostimulation
  • phagostimulation
  • destimulation
  • cardiostimulation
  • stimmy
  • co-stimulation
  • optostimulation
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