Where does “phlorone” come from?
phlorone (English) comes from English phlorol, 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...
phlorone (English): A yellow crystalline substance resembling the...
Definitions
- A yellow crystalline substance resembling the...
Ancestry of “phlorone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | phlorol | A phenol that is metameric with xylenol, obtained... |
| 2 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 3 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | — |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィス | — |
| 6 | English | Office | — |
| 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 ; worker, maker, framer,... |
| 12 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 13 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 14 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 15 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
Words derived from “phlorone”