myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of oleum

Etymology of the Latin word oleum

the Latin word oleum (oil)

derived from the Greek word elaion, ἔλαιον, ἐλαιών (an olive-orchard; the Mount of Olives)

derived from the Greek word elaia, ἐλαία (an olive (the tree or the fruit))

derived from the Greek root *elaiwon

derived from the Greek root *elaiwa

English cineol, English acrolein, English linoleum, English oleum, French oléine, French oléique, French oléum, French oile, French créosol, French standolie, French huile, French lanoline, French oléate, French oléfiant, German lanolin, Italian -olo, Italian oleo-, Italian oleifero, Italian oleificio, Italian oleoplasto, Italian olio, Italian gadoleico, Italian selacoleico, Italian linoleina, Italian bromoleina, Italian disoleare, Italian litoleina, Italian palmitoleico, Italian oleina, Italian criptolinite, Portuguese óleo, Romanian oleu, Spanish óleo, Spanish ceroleína, Spanish oleína, Spanish oleoducto, Spanish carbolíneo, Spanish linóleo

Dutch olie, English oil, French huile, German Öl, Icelandic olía, Italian olio, Lithuanian aliejus, Polish olej, Portuguese oleo, Provençal ol, Spanish olio, Swedish olja, Yiddish ejl

Word found in New Latin, Late Latin