The story
- French · derived fromcholestérine
- English todaycholesterin
From French cholestérine, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”) + στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”); coined in 1816 by Michel Eugène Chevreul. From originally being discovered by François Poulletier de la Salle in 1769, as a solid in gallstones.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.