Etymology

estrazinol

E1S1T1R1A1Z10I1N1O1L1

Today it means: A synthetic steroidal estrogen. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eysh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekοἶστρος (oîstros)
  3. Latinoestrus
  4. Englishestrus
  5. Englishestro-
  6. Englishestr-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  10. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  14. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  15. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  16. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  17. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  18. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  19. Frenchazote
  20. Englishaz(ote)
  21. Englishazine
  22. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  23. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  24. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  25. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  26. Medieval Latinalcoho
  27. Middle Englishalcofol
  28. Englishalcohol
  29. English todayestrazinol

From estr- (“estrogen”) + azine + -ol.

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