English
folliculogenesis
Folliculogenesis comes from Latin folliculus ‘a small sack’, and goes back to follis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfollis‘purse, sack’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolliculus‘a small sack’
- Englishtodayfolliculogenesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfollis‘purse, sack’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolliculus‘a small sack’
- Englishtodayfolliculogenesis
Formed from -o- + genesis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’
Proto-Hellenic *génetis ‘origin, source’
Ancient Greek γένεσις ‘origin, source, beginning’
Latin genesis ‘generation, nativity’
English genesis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to swell’
budget, belly, bloc, bolster, budge, bulge, bellows, billow, 14 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰ-n-is
through Latin follis ‘purse, sack’
Today it means
noun The process of growing and developing for an ovarian follicle in the ovary.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin follis / folliculogenesis