Translation
oil
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Word origin
From Latin oleum, olive oil, from Greek elaion and elaia, the olive. English oil, olive and petroleum are all the same word travelling by different roads.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- oleum
- English cognates
- oil, olive, petroleum
Examples
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She put a little oil on the bread.
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The machine needs new oil.
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Oil floats on the surface of the water.
Cooking oil, engine oil and lamp oil are all ; the specific ones get a compound, olivoleo, motoroleo. Crude oil out of the ground is usually nafto rather than .
There is nothing to take apart here. The root is - and the -o is the ordinary noun ending, so the e in the middle belongs to the root and is not a suffix, an adverb ending or anything else. is oily, i is to oil something.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 7: oleo, inklino, boji and 7 more words.