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Where does “calcitriol” come from?

calcitriol (English) comes from English triol, 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 — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

calcitriol (English): A physiologically active metabolic derivative CHO...

Definitions

  1. A physiologically active metabolic derivative CHO...

Ancestry of “calcitriol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriolAny trihydroxy alcohol
2EnglisholNonstandard form of old
3JapaneseOL—
4Japaneseオフィスレディー—
5Japaneseオフィス—
6EnglishOffice—
7Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
8Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
9Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
10Latinopificiumwork
11LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
12Latinfaciō—
13Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
14Latin-tōrius—
15Latin-tor-er
16Proto-Italic-tōr—
17Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “calcitriol”

  • calcitroic
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