Etymology

lipid

lip·id
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Today it means: Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water. Full definition →

French lipide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  3. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Frenchlipide
  6. English todaylipid

Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλῐ́πος all →

lipo-

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