Where does “petroleum” come from?

petroleum (Dutch) comes from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία, from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā, from Proto-Indo-European loiwom.

petroleum (Dutch): petroleum

Definitions

  1. petroleum

Ancestry of “petroleum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpetroleum—
2Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
3Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
4Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
5Proto-Hellenicelaíwā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom—

Words derived from “petroleum”

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