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Where does “vasodepressor” come from?

vasodepressor (English) comes from English depressor, from English depress, from Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, from Latin dēprimō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

vasodepressor (English): Any material that produces vasodilation and thus...

Definitions

  1. Any material that produces vasodilation and thus...

Ancestry of “vasodepressor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdepressorAnything that depresses; An instrument used to...
2EnglishdepressTo press down; To make depressed, sad or bored;...
3Middle Englishdepressen—
4Old Frenchdepresser—
5Latindēpressus—
6Latindēprimō—
7Latindē-—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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