carcinogen etymology

English word carcinogen comes from English -gen (A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.), English carcino- (Cancer.. Crab, crustacean.)

Detailed word origin of carcinogen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-gen English (eng) A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.
carcino- English (eng) Cancer.. Crab, crustacean.
carcinogen English (eng) A substance or agent that can cause cancer.

Words with the same origin as carcinogen

Descendants of -gen
acrogen androgen antiflorigenic carcinogenic chalcogenide comedogenic estrogen gasogen hallucinogen hallucinogenic litogen melanogen morphogen mutagen narced neogen nitragin nitrogen organogen osteogen procarcinogen pruritogen pyrogen zymogen
Descendants of carcino-
anticarcinogen carcinocyte carcinogenetic carcinoid carcinological carcinologist carcinology carcinophobia carcinosarcoma carcinosis carcinostatic hepatocarcinogen hepatocarcinogenic noncarcinogen photocarcinogen