testosterone
/tɛˈstɒ.stə.ɹəʊn/ · noun
Meaning
- A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
- Manly behavior, often of an aggressive or foolishly reckless nature.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Latin testislbor. English test(is) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English -sterone English testosterone From test(is) + -o- + -sterone (“steroid hormone”).
Related words
Descendant words
- testosteroni(Finnish) (cog)
- τεστοστερόνη(Greek) (bor)
- טסטוסטרון(Hebrew) (der)
- テストステロン(Japanese) (cog)
- тестостерон(Kazakh) (der)
- 테스토스테론(Korean) (cog)
- testosteroni(Swahili) (bor)
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