Etymology

phosphoglycerolipid

Today it means: glycerophospholipid Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  7. Latinphōsphorus
  8. Englishphosphorus
  9. Englishphospho-
  10. Englishglycero-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  12. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  13. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  14. Frenchlipide
  15. Englishlipid
  16. English todayphosphoglycerolipid

From phospho- + glycero- + lipid.

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