English
thyrogenic
Thyrogenic 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’
- Englishtodaythyrogenic1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English thyrogenic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, English thyrogenic‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁osWiktionary, English thyrogenic‘race, lineage’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*génosWiktionary, English thyrogenic‘race’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγένοςWiktionary, English thyrogenicgénos‘race, stock, kin’
- EnglishtodaythyrogenicWiktionary, English thyrogenic
A compound of thyro- + -genic
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Ancient Greek εἶδος
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs
English thyroid
English thyro-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, king, nature, nation, german, native, engine, pregnant, genuine, ken, generate, indigenous, genetic, gentle, genius, generous, naive, transgender, kin, generic, noel, genesis, innate, natal, regeneration, generosity, nee, nativity, nada, germ, janata, genital, genealogy, ingenious, nascent, degeneration, puny, gentile, generative, jaunty, 98 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race, lineage’
general, generation, gender, gene, genuinely, genre, genus, 28 more
through Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
through Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’
Today it means
adj Caused by activity in the thyroid
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thyrogenic”. 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- / thyrogenic