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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

  1. A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic...

Ancestry of “estradiol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdiolany organic compound having two hydroxy...
2EnglisholNonstandard form of old
3JapaneseOL—
4Japaneseオフィスレディー—
5Japaneseオフィス—
6EnglishOffice—
7Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
8Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
9Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
10Latinopificiumwork
11LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
12Latinfaciō—
13Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
14Latin-tōrius—
15Latin-tor-er
16Proto-Italic-tōr—
17Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “estradiol”

  • methylestradiol
  • fluorestradiol
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