Where does “estradiol” come from?
Estradiol comes from English -ol, from English alcohol, from French alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Latin oleum meaning oil, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον meaning oil.
estradiol (English): A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic...
Definitions
- A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic...
Ancestry of “estradiol”, step by step
estradiol traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English diol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diol | any organic compound having two hydroxy... |
| 2 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 3 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 6 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 7 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 8 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 9 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 10 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 11 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 12 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 13 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 14 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 15 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English estratriene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | estratriene | The triply unsaturated estrane that is presumed... |
| 2 | Italian | estra- | Alternative form of extra- |
| 3 | English | estrane | A steroid hydrocarbon that is the basis of several female hormones |
| 4 | English | estrogen | Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by... |
| 5 | English | -gen | A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen |
| 6 | French | -gène | -gen, -genic |
| 7 | Latin | -genus | born from, sprung form |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γενής | born in a certain place or condition; of a kind |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English oestradiol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oestradiol | Alternative spelling of estradiol |