Etymology

sitosterol

S1I1T1O1S1T1E1R1O1L1

Today it means: Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones. Full definition →

English sterol ← French cholestéro ← Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós)
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The story

  1. Englishsito-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  4. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  6. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  7. Frenchcholestérine
  8. Frenchcholestéro
  9. Englishcholesterol
  10. Englishsterol
  11. English todaysitosterol

From sito- + sterol.

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