Where does “paradol” come from?
paradol (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...
paradol (English): A ketonic phenol, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)decan-3-one, that is responsible for the flavour of grains of paradise
Definitions
- A ketonic phenol, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)decan-3-one, that is responsible for the flavour of grains of paradise
Ancestry of “paradol”, step by step
paradol 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 Paradise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Paradise | Heaven |
| 2 | Middle English | paradis | — |
| 3 | Old English | paradīs | paradise |
| 4 | Old French | paradis | Paradise (Heaven) |
| 5 | Latin | paradīsus | park, orchard, yard |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παράδεισος | the garden owned by the Persian nobility;... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | paridayĵah | circular boundary wall; place enclosed by a circular boundary wall |