secrete

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 279 words | Copyright

secrete1 produce by secretion. XVIII. f. sēcrēt-, pp. stem of L. sēcernere separate (see SECRET), partly as a back-formation on secretion (XVII) — F. sécrétion or med. use of L. sēcrētiō, -ōn-.
So secretory (-ORY2) XVII.

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