English
antholeucin
Antholeucin comes from Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘white’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*leukós‘white’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλευκός‘white’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886antholeucin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-‘white’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*leukós‘white’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλευκός‘white’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886antholeucin
Earliest quotation: 1886, S. H. Vines, Lecture XII: “The dissolved colouring-matters are, in white flowers, antholeucin, in…”
Formed from antho- + λευκός ‘white’ + -in
Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- ‘to bloom’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos ‘bloom’
Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos ‘flower, blossom’
Ancient Greek ἄνθος ‘flower’
English antho-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘white’
light, low, link, los, lucy, ounce, lunar, luna, lea, lux, illumination, illuminate, luminous, lumen, lynx, lucid, lumia, translucent, luce, luminosity, lum, lune, loach, luminary, luminescent, luminal, 74 more
through Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’
Today it means
noun A substance isolated from flowers and thought to act as a white pigment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk- / antholeucin