English
cholane
From chole- + -ane.
A compound of chole- + -ane
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰolh₃-éh₂
Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ ‘gall, bile’
Ancient Greek χολή ‘bile’
English chole-
Today it means
noun A steroid hydrocarbon having a 4-pentane sidechain instead of the normal cholestane sidechain
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / cholane