Where does “pregnanetriol” come from?
pregnanetriol (English) comes 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, from Old French office — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pregnanetriol (English): A particular steroid
Definitions
- A particular steroid
Ancestry of “pregnanetriol”, step by step
pregnanetriol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English triol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triol | Any trihydroxy alcohol |
| 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 pregnane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pregnane | The parent hydrocarbon for a range of steroids... |
| 2 | Latin | praegnans | Alternative form of praegnās; pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |