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Where does “lipoprotein” come from?

Lipoprotein derives from English lipid and protein, with protein from French protéine, Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος meaning primary, from πρῶτος first, from πρό before.

lipoprotein (English): Any of a large group of complexes of protein and...

Definitions

  1. Any of a large group of complexes of protein and...

Ancestry of “lipoprotein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
2Frenchprotéineprotein
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 “lipoprotein”

  • apolipoprotein
  • hyperlipoproteinemia
  • hyperlipoproteinaemia
  • lipoproteinemia
  • prolipoprotein
  • glycolipoprotein
  • hypolipoproteinemia
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