Where does “catalpol” come from?

catalpol (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...

catalpol (English): An iridoid glucoside first found in plants in the...

Definitions

An iridoid glucoside first found in plants in the...

Ancestry of “catalpol”, step by step

catalpol 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 Catalpa

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Catalpa	Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their
2	English	Catawba	A member of a Native American people who inhabit...
3	English	catawba	The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American...
4	Catawba	catawba	catalpa tree

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