English
antithyroid
Antithyroid comes from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’, and ultimately from *weyd- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῠρεοειδήςthŭreoeidḗs‘Shield-shaped’
- New Latinmodernthyreoīdēs
- English1500–presentthyroid
- Englishearliest quotation 1946antithyroid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῠρεοειδήςthŭreoeidḗs‘Shield-shaped’
- New Latinmodernthyreoīdēs
- English1500–presentthyroid
- Englishearliest quotation 1946antithyroid
Earliest quotation: 1946, E. M. Bavin, Antithyroid Activity of Thiouracil Derivatives: “A RECENT report by Anderson et al. on the…”
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- ‘door’
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Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ ‘door’
Ancient Greek θῠρεός ‘an oblong shield’
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs ‘Shaped like a shield’
English thyroid
The story
Coined in 1908 from anti- + thyroid.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, video, idea, review, evidence, advice, visit, provide, interview, vision, guide, historic, witness, wisdom, visa, advise, invisible, wizard, historian, wit, vista, evident, visibility, wisely, revise, guise, witty, prudent, envious, jurisprudence, unwise, prudence, revue, avis, improvise, purview, druid, vide, voyeur, 104 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
through Ancient Greek εἶδος
idol, tabloid, steroid, idyll, trapezoid, colloid, sigmoid, hyoid, 49 more
through English thyroid
hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, 13 more
Today it means
adj Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / antithyroid