Word origin
[1975–80; shortening and alter. of
bromoergocryptine, equiv. to
bromo- +
ergocryptine ‹ G
Ergokryptin an alkaloid derivative of ergotoxine (
ergo- ergo-2 + Gk
krypt(
ós) hidden +
-in -in2; perh. so called because the independent nature of the derivative was not initiallyrecognized)
]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bench press, family therapy, front-load, methanogen, retrovirusbromo- is a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which bromine is present.Other words that use the affix bromo- include: bromoacetone, bromochloromethane, bromomethane, tetrabromofluorescein, tribromoacetaldehyde