Etymology

lipidation

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Today it means: modification (especially of a protein) by association with a lipid Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  3. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Frenchlipide
  6. Englishlipid
  7. English todaylipidation

From lipid + -ation.

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