oleo-

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 147 words | Copyright

oleo- used as comb. form of (i) L. oleum OIL (XVIII), as in oleograph picture printed in oil-colours, (ii) oleic, olein, as in oleomargarine (XIX).

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