estrogen etymology

English word estrogen comes from English estrus ((American spelling).), English -gen (A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.)

Detailed word origin of estrogen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
estrus English (eng) (American spelling).
-gen English (eng) A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.
estrogen English (eng) (steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

Words with the same origin as estrogen

Descendants of estrus
antiestrogen estrogened estrogenlike estromania mycoestrogen nonestrogen xenoestrogen
Descendants of -gen
acrogen androgen antiflorigenic carcinogen carcinogenic chalcogenide comedogenic gasogen hallucinogen hallucinogenic litogen melanogen morphogen mutagen narced neogen nitragin nitrogen organogen osteogen procarcinogen pruritogen pyrogen zymogen