The story
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
- Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
- Englishlyso-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
- Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
- Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
- Latinphōsphorus
- Frenchphosphore
- Frenchphosphate
- Englishphosphate
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishphosphatide
- English todaylysophosphatide
From lyso- + phosphatide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.