Etymology

diphosphatidylcholine

Today it means: A bilayer of two lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) molecules Full definition →

English phosphatidylcholine ← Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  10. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  11. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  14. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  15. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  16. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  17. Latinphōsphorus
  18. Frenchphosphore
  19. Frenchphosphate
  20. Englishphosphate
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  22. Englishphosphatide
  23. Englishphosphatidate
  24. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  25. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  26. Englishphosphatidyl
  27. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  28. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  29. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  30. Englishcholine
  31. Englishphosphatidylcholine
  32. English todaydiphosphatidylcholine

From di- + phosphatidylcholine.

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