Etymology of the English word quercitol
the English word
quercitolderived from the English word
quercetinusing the New Latin suffix
-inderived from the Latin word
quercetum (oak forest)
derived from the Latin word
quercus (oak, oak-tree; oak wood)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perkʷu-using the English suffix
-olUsage
Word found in Modern English