Where does “gingerol” come from?
gingerol (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...
gingerol (English): Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for...
Definitions
- Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for...
Ancestry of “gingerol”, step by step
gingerol 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 Ginger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ginger | and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers |
| 2 | English | gingerly | In a delicate and cautious manner; Very careful... |
| 3 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 4 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 5 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 6 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 7 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |