Etymology

oleosaccharum

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Today it means: An oil-sugar; a preparation made by saturating thirty grains of sugar with one drop of volatile oil. Full definition →

Latin oleum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromoleum“oil”
  2. English todayoleosaccharum

From Latin oleum (“oil”) + saccharum (“sugar”).

Words from the same roots

Latinoleum all →

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