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Where does “fluorestradiol” come from?

fluorestradiol (English) comes from English estradiol, from English diol, 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 — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

fluorestradiol (English): Any of several fluoro derivatives of estradiol...

Definitions

  1. Any of several fluoro derivatives of estradiol...

Ancestry of “fluorestradiol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishestradiolA natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic...
2Englishdiolany organic compound having two hydroxy...
3EnglisholNonstandard form of old
4JapaneseOL—
5Japaneseオフィスレディー—
6Japaneseオフィス—
7EnglishOffice—
8Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
9Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
10Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
11Latinopificiumwork
12LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
13Latinfaciō—
14Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
15Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
16Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
17Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
18Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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