English
isosteroid
From iso- + steroid.
A compound of iso- + sterol + -oid + steroid
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
English steroid
Today it means
noun Any of many steroids that have a side chain that is an isomer of the normal steroid
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / isosteroid