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Where does “anticolesterol” come from?

anticolesterol (Spanish) comes from Spanish colesterol, from English cholesterol, from French cholestérol, from French cholesterine, from Ancient Greek χολή, from Proto-Hellenic kʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰolh₃-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

anticolesterol (Spanish): anticholesterol

Definitions

  1. anticholesterol

Ancestry of “anticolesterol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcolesterolcholesterol
2EnglishcholesterolA sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and...
3Frenchcholestérolcholesterol
4Frenchcholesterinecholesterol; Dated form of cholestérol
5Ancient Greekχολήgall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,...
6Proto-Hellenickʰolā́gall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰolh₃-éh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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