Where does “sebum” come from?
Sebum comes from Latin sebum, which derives from Proto-Indo-European seyb-, a root of uncertain original meaning.
sebum (English): A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous...
Definitions
- A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous...
Ancestry of “sebum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sēbum | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “sebum”