Where does “hyperlipidemia” come from?
I need to trace back from the chain provided, but I notice the chain given (English lipid | Ancient Greek ὑπέρ | Ancient Greek λῐ́πος | Proto-Indo-European upo) doesn't actually connect to "hyperlipidemia" in a way that makes complete etymological sense as presented.
However, working with what's given and the headword "hyperlipidemia," the chain appears to show:
- ὑπέρ (hyper-, "over/beyond")
- λῐ́πος (lipos, "fat")
- The suffix -emia (condition of blood)
Let me construct the one-sentence summary:
Hyperlipidemia combines Ancient Greek ὑπέρ meaning over and λῐ́πος meaning fat with the medical suffix -emia, denoting an excess of fat in the blood
hyperlipidemia (English): An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a...
Definitions
- An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a...
Ancestry of “hyperlipidemia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lipid | Any of a group of organic compounds including the... |
| 2 | French | lipide | lipid |
| 3 | French | -ide | — |
| 4 | Middle French | -ide | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |