hormone

Concepts

hormone

hormones

endocrine

ACTH

adrenocorticotrophic hormone

internal secretion

Translations

ormone

hormona

Hormon

hormoon

hormona

ορμόνη

hormon

hormônio

hormona

هرمون

ormoni

hormonas

هُرْمُون

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔʁ.mɔn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: ὁρμῶν

In summary

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).