Etymology

phosphoglyceride

Today it means: a phosphatide combined with a small, basic molecule (such as choline or ethanolamine); a phospholipid Full definition →

English glyceride ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← French glycérine
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  9. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  10. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  11. Latinphōsphorus
  12. Englishphosphorus
  13. Englishphospho-
  14. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
  15. Frenchglycérine
  16. Englishglycerine
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Englishglyceride
  19. English todayphosphoglyceride

From phospho- + glyceride.

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