progesterone的词源

英文词源

progesterone (n.)

female steroid sex hormone which prepares the uterus for child-bearing, 1935, from German Progesteron, from progestin (from which substance it was obtained), which had been coined 1930 from pro- (see pro-) + Latin gestare, literally "to carry about" (see gestation), on notion of "substance which favors gestation." Also see -one.

中文词源

progesterone：孕酮

来自pro-,向前，朝向，-gest,带来，承载，词源同gesture.-one,酮。引申词义孕酮。

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