Etymology

apolipoprotein

A1P3O1L1I1P3O1P3R1O1T1E1I1N1

Today it means: Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein. Full definition →

English lipoprotein ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lípos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
  6. Englishapo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Englishlipo-
  11. Englishprotein
  12. Englishlipoprotein
  13. English todayapolipoprotein

From apo- + lipoprotein.

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