Etymology

sulfolipid

S1U1L1F4O1L1I1P3I1D2

Today it means: any sulfate ester of a glycolipid Full definition →

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

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lípos
  10. Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
  11. Frenchlipide
  12. Englishlipid
  13. English todaysulfolipid

From sulfo- + lipid.

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