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hernesheir commented on the word agnolin
Both lanolin and agnolin refer to purified sheeps' wool fat. Also adeps lanae. The words have at their root a Latin term; agnus, "lamb"; and lāna, "wool". The "-olin" string comes from Latin oleum, "oil".
The term agnin also refers to the fatty substance derived from sheeps' wool.
January 2, 2011