Where does “epoxylipid” come from?
epoxylipid (English) comes from English lipid, from French lipide, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
epoxylipid (English): Any lipid in which the double bond of an unsaturated fatty acid has been oxidised to an epoxide
Definitions
- Any lipid in which the double bond of an unsaturated fatty acid has been oxidised to an epoxide
Ancestry of “epoxylipid”, step by step
epoxylipid 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 epoxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | epoxy | Derived from an epoxide; A thermosetting... |
| 2 | English | -oxy | A ether functional group, consisting of a carbon... |
| 3 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 4 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |