Etymology

lipidoid

L1I1P3I1D2O1I1D2

Today it means: Any material having characteristics of a lipid Full definition →

English lipid ← French lipide ← Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
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The story

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

From lipid + -oid.

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