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Where does “teratogenic” come from?

Teratogenic comes from English -genic, from French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής and γένος meaning kind or race, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to produce or beget.

teratogenic (English): Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an...

Ancestry of “teratogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-genicproducing or generating something; produced or...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “teratogenic”

  • teratogenicity
  • nonteratogenic
  • teratogenically
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