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Where does “glyceride” come from?

glyceride (English) comes from English glycerine, from French glycérine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

glyceride (English): An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid;...

Definitions

  1. An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid;...

Ancestry of “glyceride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglycerineThe common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422
2Frenchglycérineglycerine
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “glyceride”

  • triglyceride
  • hypertriglyceridemia
  • monoglyceride
  • hypertriglyceridaemia
  • diglyceride
  • phosphoglyceride
  • triglyceridemia
  • hypotriglyceridemic
  • normotriglyceridemic
  • nonglyceride
  • boroglyceride
  • hyperglyceridemia
  • glyceridic
  • hypotriglyceridemia
  • triglyceridemic
  • lactoglyceride
  • normotriglyceridemia
  • glyceridase
  • グリセリド
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