Where does “dyslipidemia” come from?
I appreciate the careful setup, but I need to flag an issue: the etymology chain provided appears problematic. It shows "Ancient Greek δυσ-" twice, then jumps to "Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ-" twice, with no clear connection between δυσ- (meaning "bad/difficult") and dēwǝ- (a root I cannot verify in standard PIE references). Additionally, the chain starts with "English lipid" but the headword is "dyslipidemia"—these are different words, and the chain doesn't account for the "lipid" component or explain how we get from these roots to the modern medical term. Before I write the summary sentence, could you clarify: 1. Is the chain meant to trace *dyslipidemia* specifically, or just *dys-*? 2. What is the attested meaning/source of
dyslipidemia (English): an imbalance of lipids in the blood;...
Definitions
- an imbalance of lipids in the blood;...
Ancestry of “dyslipidemia”, step by step
dyslipidemia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lipid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lipid | Any of a group of organic compounds including the... |
| 2 | French | lipide | lipid |
| 3 | French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 4 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English dys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dys | — |