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Where does “calcitroic” come from?

calcitroic (English) comes from English calcitriol, 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 — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

calcitroic (English): Relating to calcitroic acid or its derivatives

Definitions

  1. Relating to calcitroic acid or its derivatives

Ancestry of “calcitroic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalcitriolA physiologically active metabolic derivative CHO...
2EnglishtriolAny trihydroxy alcohol
3EnglisholNonstandard form of old
4JapaneseOL—
5Japaneseオフィスレディー—
6Japaneseオフィス—
7EnglishOffice—
8Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
9Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
10Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
11Latinopificiumwork
12LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
13Latinfaciō—
14Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
15Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
16Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
17Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
18Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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