Where does “nilestriol” come from?

nilestriol (English) comes from English estriol, from English triol, 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.

nilestriol (English): A synthetic steroidal estrogen, the 3-cyclopentyl ether of 17α-ethinyl estriol

Definitions

  1. A synthetic steroidal estrogen, the 3-cyclopentyl ether of 17α-ethinyl estriol

Ancestry of “nilestriol”, step by step

nilestriol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English estriol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishestriolA relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that...
2EnglishtriolAny trihydroxy alcohol
3EnglisholNonstandard form of old
4JapaneseOL
5Japaneseオフィスレディーan "office lady"
6Japaneseオフィスoffice (building or room)
7EnglishOfficeA ceremonial duty or service, particularly
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 (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan
13Latinfaciōto do
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

via English ethynyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethynylThe univalent radical HC≡C- derived from...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós