The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*saipǭ
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seyb-“to pour out”
- Latin · derived fromsebum
- Latin · borrowed fromsebaceus
- English todaysebaceous
Borrowed from Latin sebaceus (whence -aceous), from Latin sebum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), which Proto-Germanic *saipǭ ("soap") is also derived from.
Words from the same roots
Latinsebaceus all →
sebacic
Proto-Indo-European*seyb- all →
soapsipseep
Proto-Germanic*saipǭ all →
soap
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.