English

glycosteroid

From glyco- + steroid.

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος

Today it means

noun Any steroid derivative of a sugar

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

Etymograph / glycosteroid