Etymograph

English

lactophenol

From lacto- + phenol.

A compound of lacto- + phenol

Latin lac ‘milk’

English lacto-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’

Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to clear’

French phène

English phenol

Today it means

noun A solution of phenol and lactic acid in glycerol and water. It is a component of the biological stain lactophenol cotton blue.

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

Etymograph / lactophenol