Etymology

cortisol

C3O1R1T1I1S1O1L1

Today it means: A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  4. Latincortex
  5. Englishcortico-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  8. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  10. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  11. Frenchcholestérine
  12. Frenchcholestéro
  13. Englishcholesterol
  14. Englishsterol
  15. GermanKeton
  16. Englishketone
  17. Englishcorticosterone
  18. Englishcortisone
  19. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  20. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  21. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  22. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  23. Medieval Latinalcoho
  24. Middle Englishalcofol
  25. Englishalcohol
  26. English todaycortisol

From cortisone + -ol.

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