English
steroidogenic
Steroidogenic comes from Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁os1‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génos1‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένος1génos‘race, stock, kin’
- Englishtodaysteroidogenic1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English steroidogenic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, English steroidogenic‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁osWiktionary, English steroidogenic‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génosWiktionary, English steroidogenic‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςWiktionary, English steroidogenicgénos‘race, stock, kin’
- EnglishtodaysteroidogenicWiktionary, English steroidogenic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, nation, engine, native, german, pregnant, genuine, ken, genetic, indigenous, genius, gentle, naive, generate, generous, kin, noel, genesis, transgender, generic, natal, innate, regeneration, nee, nativity, generosity, nada, genital, genealogy, ingenious, janata, nascent, germ, degeneration, puny, gentile, gens, jaunty, 98 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
general, generation, gender, gene, genre, genuinely, genus, 28 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the process of steroidogenesis.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “steroidogenic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / steroidogenic