Etymology

glycosyllipid

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Today it means: glycolipid Full definition →

English lipid ← French lipide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  2. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  4. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  5. Frenchglucose
  6. Englishglucosebf.
  7. Englishglycose
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishglycosyl
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  12. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  13. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Frenchlipide
  16. Englishlipid
  17. English todayglycosyllipid

From glycosyl + lipid.

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