Where does “glycosphingolipid” come from?
glycosphingolipid (English) comes from English sphingolipid, from English lipid, from French lipide, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
glycosphingolipid (English): a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide...
Definitions
- a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide...
Ancestry of “glycosphingolipid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sphingolipid | Any lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived... |
| 2 | English | lipid | Any of a group of organic compounds including the... |
| 3 | French | lipide | lipid |
| 4 | French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |