Etymology

triglyceride

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Today it means: A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats. Full definition →

English glyceride ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← French glycérine
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
  7. Frenchglycérine
  8. Englishglycerine
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Englishglyceride
  11. English todaytriglyceride

From tri- + glyceride.

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