Where does “fucosterol” come from?

fucosterol (English) comes from Latin fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος, from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

fucosterol (English): A sterol with antidiabetic activity, isolated from algae

Definitions

  1. A sterol with antidiabetic activity, isolated from algae

Ancestry of “fucosterol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūcusseaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria
2Ancient Greekφῦκοςseaweed
3Hebrewפוךeye-rouge

Words derived from “fucosterol”

Every word from Hebrew פוך →Every word from Ancient Greek φῦκος →Every word from Latin fūcus →
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