Where does “lipoid” come from?

lipoid (English) comes from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

lipoid (English): Of pertaining to fat; A lipid or other substance...

Definitions

  1. Of pertaining to fat; A lipid or other substance...

Ancestry of “lipoid”, step by step

lipoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
2Germanlippelip
3Yiddishליפּlip
4Middle High Germanlippe—
5Old High German*lippa—
6Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via Italian lipoide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlipoidelipoid
2Italian-oide-oid

Words derived from “lipoid”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →Every word from Old High German *lippa →Every word from Middle High German lippe →