Where does “ketodiol” come from?
ketodiol (English) comes 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, from Old French office — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
ketodiol (English): Any diol that also has a ketonic carbonyl group
Definitions
- Any diol that also has a ketonic carbonyl group
Ancestry of “ketodiol”, step by step
ketodiol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diol | any organic compound having two hydroxy... |
| 2 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 3 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 6 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 7 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 8 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 9 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 10 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 11 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 12 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 13 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 14 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 15 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English keto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keto | The carbonyl group of a ketone; ketogenic;... |