Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLiquid fat. · Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. · Petroleum. · An oil painting.
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleumder. Latin olea Old French oilebor. Middle English oyle English oil From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Old French oile, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin. Displaced native Old English smireness (“ointment, oil”).
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