English
endocrinology
Endocrinology comes from French endocrine.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentendocrine
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentendocrinologie
- Englishearliest quotation 2019endocrinology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentendocrine
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentendocrinologie
- Englishearliest quotation 2019endocrinology
Earliest quotation: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants: “The first journal devoted to endocrinology wasnʼt founded until…”
Formed from endocrine + -ology
Every English word from French endocrine
Today it means
noun The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French endocrine / endocrinology