Etymology

diolein

D2I1O1L1E1I1N1

Today it means: Any diglyceride of oleic acid Full definition →

English olein ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englisholein
  8. English todaydiolein

From di- + olein.

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