Etymology

diphosphatidylglycerol

Today it means: A derivative of phosphatidylglycerol that has two phosphatidyl groups, typically in the 1,3- positions Full definition →

English glycerol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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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. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
  28. Frenchglycérine
  29. Englishglycerine
  30. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  31. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  32. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  33. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  34. Medieval Latinalcoho
  35. Middle Englishalcofol
  36. Englishalcohol
  37. Englishglycerol
  38. English todaydiphosphatidylglycerol

From di- + phosphatidyl + glycerol.

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