Etymology

glycosylphosphatidyl

Today it means: Any of many radicals derived from glycolipids Full definition →

English phosphatidyl ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← French phosphate
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  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*bʰeh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  14. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  15. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  18. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  19. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  20. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  21. Latinphōsphorus
  22. Frenchphosphore
  23. Frenchphosphate
  24. Englishphosphate
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  26. Englishphosphatide
  27. Englishphosphatidate
  28. Englishphosphatidyl
  29. English todayglycosylphosphatidyl

From glycosyl + phosphatidyl.

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