Etymograph

English

secosteroidogenesis

From secosteroid + -o- + -genesis.

Formed from secosteroid + genesis

Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’

Latin secō ‘to cut’

English secosteroid

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

Today it means

noun The biosynthesis of secosteroids

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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