Etymograph

English

leucoline

Leucoline comes from Latin oleum ‘oil’, and goes back to Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*élaiwonreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔλαιονélaion‘olive oil’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoleum‘oil’
  4. Englishtodayleucoline

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*élaiwonreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔλαιονélaion‘olive oil’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoleum‘oil’
  4. Englishtodayleucoline

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἔλαιον ‘olive oil’

vaseline, 18 more

through Latin oleum ‘oil’

oil, oiler, oleic, 13 more

Today it means

noun quinoline.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon / leucoline

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