English

aminosteroidal

Aminosteroidal comes from English aminosteroid.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of amine + amino- + sterol + -oid + steroid

Egyptian jmn

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacus

English ammonia

English amine

Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘barren, infertile’

Ancient Greek στερεός ‘firm’

French cholestérine ‘dated form of cholestérol’

French cholestéro

English cholesterol

English sterol

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος

Every English word from English aminosteroid

adj Relating to aminosteroids.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.