Etymology

phosphoinositide

Today it means: The inositol ester of phosphoric acid that is a component of phosphatidylinositols Full definition →

English inositide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Middle English alcofol
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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. Proto-Indo-European*wéyHs
  15. Proto-Hellenic*wīs
  16. Ancient Greek*ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)
  17. Ancient Greekῑ̓νός (īnós)
  18. Englishinosite
  19. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  20. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  21. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  22. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  23. Medieval Latinalcoho
  24. Middle Englishalcofol
  25. Englishalcohol
  26. Englishinositol
  27. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  28. Englishinositide
  29. English todayphosphoinositide

From phospho- + inositide.

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