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Where does “diol” come from?

Diol derives from English alcohol, which comes from French alcohol, derived from Arabic كحل meaning a fine powder used as eye cosmetic, ultimately from Latin oleum and Ancient Greek ἔλαιον meaning oil.

diol (English): any organic compound having two hydroxy...

Definitions

  1. any organic compound having two hydroxy...

Ancestry of “diol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisholNonstandard form of old
2JapaneseOL—
3Japaneseオフィスレディー—
4Japaneseオフィス—
5EnglishOffice—
6Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
7Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
8Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
9Latinopificiumwork
10LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
11LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
12Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
13Latinopscen—
14Latinob-towards; against
15Latinobolusobolus
16Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

Words derived from “diol”

  • estradiol
  • propanediol
  • butanediol
  • cannabidiol
  • hexanediol
  • pentanediol
  • enterodiol
  • androstanediol
  • pregnanediol
  • intradiol
  • benzenediol
  • diolate
  • cannabidiolic
  • methylestradiol
  • fluorestradiol
  • acetylenediol
  • pregnadienediol
  • pinanediol
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