Where does “etherol” come from?

etherol (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...

etherol (English): An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric...

Definitions

An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric...

Ancestry of “etherol”, step by step

etherol 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 Ether

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Ether	The god-personification of the bright, glowing upper air of heaven. He is the Roman counterpart of Aether
2	Old French	ether	—
3	Latin	aethēr	sky, ether (distinct in this sense from caelum, which is where the night's stars are, but not always distinguished from āēr; always distinct from the underworld)
4	Ancient Greek	Αἰθήρ	Upper Air
5	Ancient Greek	αἴθω	To ignite, kindle, light; To burn, blaze
6	Proto-Hellenic	*áitʰō	to ignite

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