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

  1. A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous...

Ancestry of “sebum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēbumtallow, grease
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sebum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Latin sēbum →