oestrus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- gadfly
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (frenzy, vehement desire, gadfly).
Origin
Ancient Greek
οἶστρος
Gloss
frenzy, vehement desire, gadfly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dioestrus English
- oestrin English
- oestrus English
- perioestrus English
- postoestrus English
- *oestriclus Latin
- Östron German
- estro Italian
- estrogeno Italian
- estroso Italian
- estro Spanish, Castilian
- οἶστρος Ancient Greek
- *h₁eys- Proto-Indo-European
- østrogen Norwegian Bokmål
- estro Portuguese
- østrogen Norwegian Nynorsk
- éastraigin Irish
- éastras Irish
- streche Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- streclji Aromanian