English
heteroactivation
From hetero- + activation.
A compound of hetero- + active + -ation + active + activate + -ation + -ion + activation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
English activation
Today it means
noun activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heteroactivation