The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλευρον“flour, meal”
- English todayaleurone
1865/70; from Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour, meal”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄλευρον all →
aleuro-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
aleurone
Today it means: The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἄλευρον