English
lithofellic acid
Lithofellic acid comes from Latin fel ‘gall’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfel‘gall’
- Englishtodaylithofellic acid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfel‘gall’
- Englishtodaylithofellic acid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green’
gold, yellow, chlorine, cholera, gall, yolk, gullible, glib, gild, choline, zloty, chlorella, 28 more
through Latin fel ‘gall’
Today it means
noun An acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fel / lithofellic acid