Etymology

delipidate

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Today it means: To remove the lipids from (something). Full definition →

English lipid ← French lipide ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
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delipidate · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Frenchlipide
  11. Englishlipid
  12. English todaydelipidate

From de- + lipid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

delipidate · adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Frenchlipide
  12. Englishlipid
  13. English todaydelipidate

From de- + lipid + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

delipidate · noun3

From the substantivation of the above adjective or straight from de- + lipid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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