Etymology

glycophosphatidylinositol

Today it means: Any glycolipid consisting of phosphatidylinositol attached to a sugar Full definition →

English phosphatidylinositol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  2. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  3. Englishglyco-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  7. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  8. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  12. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  13. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  14. Latinphōsphorus
  15. Frenchphosphore
  16. Frenchphosphate
  17. Englishphosphate
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  19. Englishphosphatide
  20. Englishphosphatidate
  21. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  22. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  23. Englishphosphatidyl
  24. Proto-Indo-European*wéyHs
  25. Proto-Hellenic*wīs
  26. Ancient Greek*ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)
  27. Ancient Greekῑ̓νός (īnós)
  28. Englishinosite
  29. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  30. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  31. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  32. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  33. Medieval Latinalcoho
  34. Middle Englishalcofol
  35. Englishalcohol
  36. Englishinositol
  37. Englishphosphatidylinositol
  38. English todayglycophosphatidylinositol

From glyco- + phosphatidylinositol.

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