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Where does “aminosterol” come from?

aminosterol (English) comes from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

aminosterol (English): Any amino derivative of a sterol, especially any...

Definitions

  1. Any amino derivative of a sterol, especially any...

Ancestry of “aminosterol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
2Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
3EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →