Where does “Lysol” come from?

Lysol (English) comes from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

Lysol (English): A liquid antiseptic and disinfectant; a mixture of cresols and soap

Definitions

A liquid antiseptic and disinfectant; a mixture of cresols and soap

Ancestry of “Lysol”, step by step

Lysol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ol

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	ol	Nonstandard form of old
2	Japanese	OL	—
3	Japanese	オフィスレディー	an "office lady"
4	Japanese	オフィス	office (building or room)
5	English	Office	A ceremonial duty or service, particularly
6	Middle English	office	The state of being employed or having a work or...
7	Old French	office	office; service
8	Latin	officium	duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
9	Latin	opificium	work
10	Latin	opifex	Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan
11	Latin	Ops	earth goddess, fertility deity
12	Latin	oscen	any bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
13	Latin	opscen	—
14	Latin	ob-	towards; against
15	Latin	obolus	obolus (Greek coin)
16	Ancient Greek	ὀβολός	obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

via English lysis

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	lysis	A gradual recovery from disease; The...
2	Latin	lysis	loosening; rupture
3	Ancient Greek	λύσις	loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
4	Ancient Greek	-σῐς	"suffix forming nouns"
5	Ancient Greek	-τις	retained after dentals
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tis	Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Lysol”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὀβολός →Every word from Latin ob- →Every word from Latin opscen →