English
adaptogen
Adaptogen comes from Russian адаптоген.
- Russianmodernадаптогенadaptogen
- Englishearliest quotation 2022adaptogen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Russianmodernадаптогенadaptogen
- Englishearliest quotation 2022adaptogen
Earliest quotation: 2022, Erin Woo, This Social Club Runs On Crypto Tokens and Vibes: “As members sipped from their glasses, Joey Rubin, a…”
Equivalent to adapt + -o- + -gen
Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
The story
Borrowed from Russian адаптоген (adaptogen), coined by Soviet toxicologist and pharmacologist Nikolai Lazarev.
Every English word from Russian адаптоген
Today it means
noun Any natural herbal substance, such as ginseng, that is purported to assist the body to adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body functions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian адаптоген / adaptogen