English
anorexigen
From anorexia + -gen.
Formed from anorexia + -gen
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’
Ancient Greek ὀρέγω ‘to reach, stretch, stretch out’
Ancient Greek ὄρεξῐς ‘yearning’
Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία ‘lack of appetite’
English anorexia
Today it means
noun An appetite suppressant drug.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anorexigen