Etymology

mestanolone

M3E1S1T1A1N1O1L1O1N1E1

Today it means: An androgenic steroid. Full definition →

English androstanolone ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  2. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  3. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  6. GermanMethy
  7. Englishmethyl
  8. Englishandrostane
  9. Englishprednisolone
  10. Englishandrostanolone
  11. English todaymestanolone

Blend of methyl + androstanolone.

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