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Where does “sphingolipid” come from?

sphingolipid (English) comes from English lipid, from French lipide, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

sphingolipid (English): Any lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived...

Definitions

  1. Any lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived...

Ancestry of “sphingolipid”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sphingolipid”

  • glycosphingolipid
  • phosphosphingolipid
  • nonsphingolipid
  • sphingolipidology
  • galactosphingolipid
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