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Where does “nonsphingolipid” come from?

nonsphingolipid (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.

nonsphingolipid (English): Not sphingolipid

Definitions

  1. Not sphingolipid

Ancestry of “nonsphingolipid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsphingolipidAny lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived...
2EnglishlipidAny of a group of organic compounds including the...
3Frenchlipidelipid
4French-ide—
5Middle French-ide—
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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