Where does “cholestenone” come from?

cholestenone (English) comes from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

cholestenone (English): Any steroid ketone formally derived from a...

Definitions

  1. Any steroid ketone formally derived from a...

Ancestry of “cholestenone”, step by step

cholestenone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English cholestenol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcholestenolAny sterol derived from cholestene
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an