English

amphicrine

From amphi- + crine.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Ancient Greek ἀμφίς

Proto-Celtic *krīnos ‘withered, decayed, decrepit’

Old Irish crín ‘withered, decayed’

Old Irish crínaid

Scottish Gaelic crìon ‘withered’

Scots crine ‘to shrivel’

English crine

Today it means

adj Having both endocrine and exocrine characteristics

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / amphicrine