ichthyol etymology

English word ichthyol comes from English -ol, Ancient Greek ἰχθύς

Detailed word origin of ichthyol

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ol English (eng) (organic chemistry) An alcohol or phenol. Indicating an oily substance.
ἰχθύς Ancient Greek (grc)
ichthyol English (eng) (medicine) The ammonium salt of bitumen sulfonate; used to treat some forms of skin diseases.

Words with the same origin as ichthyol

Descendants of -ol
aldol androstanol anethole archaeol caldarchaeol cannabidiol carotenol catecholamine catecholate diol dodecanol fucusol gingerol glycol hypergolically lanolin laurinol lonchocarpol menthol mesitylol methanol neomenthol pratol sesamol
Descendants of ἰχθύς
ichthyocolla ichthys