Where does “endocrine” come from?
endocrine (French) comes from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
Ancestry of “endocrine”, step by step
Words derived from “endocrine”
- endocrine
- neuroendocrine
- endocrinology
- endocrinologist
- endocrinological
- endocrinopathy
- endocrinologic
- enteroendocrine
- neuroendocrinology
- endocrinal
- polyendocrine
- nonendocrine
- neuroendocrinological
- endocrinologically
- psychoneuroendocrinology
- immunoendocrine
- neuroendocrinal
- psychoneuroendocrinological
- myoendocrine
- endocrinologie
- endocrinien
- endocrin
- endocrinosis
- proendocrine