Where does “steroid” come from?
Steroid derives from English sterol, from Ancient Greek -ειδής meaning resembling, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning to see.
steroid (English): A class of organic compounds having a structure...
Definitions
- A class of organic compounds having a structure...
Ancestry of “steroid”, step by step
steroid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sterol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sterol | Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the... |
| 2 | English | cholesterol | A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and... |
| 3 | French | cholestérol | cholesterol |
| 4 | French | cholesterine | cholesterol; Dated form of cholestérol |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χολή | gall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | kʰolā́ | gall, bile |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via French stéroïde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stéroïde | steroid; Synonym of stéroïdien |
Words derived from “steroid”
- corticosteroid
- nonsteroidal
- steroidal
- steroidogenesis
- steroidogenic
- neurosteroid
- nonsteroid
- ecdysteroid
- aminosteroid
- ketosteroid
- oxosteroid
- neurosteroidogenesis
- corticosteroidogenesis
- hydroxycorticosteroid
- noncorticosteroid
- steroidlike
- norsteroid
- antisteroid
- antisteroidogenic
- corticosteroidal
- steroidally
- azasteroid
- steroidogenetic
- poststeroid