Etymology

proteolipid

P3R1O1T1E1O1L1I1P3I1D2

Today it means: Any lipoprotein that is soluble in lipids Full definition →

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

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

From proteo- + lipid.

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