The story
- Latin · derived fromoleum“oil”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρυθρός“red”
- English todayerythroleic acid
Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Latin oleum (“oil”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἐρυθρός all →
EritreaerythropoietinerythritolerythroniumErythraeanerythrinerythrochroismerythromelalgia
Latinoleum all →
oiloleumcardolcosmolineleucoline-ol-ola-oleoleiferousoleo-oleosaccharumphenetolpinacolinrhigolenesalicylolserolinsinapoline
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.