Where does “sphingolipidosis” come from?

sphingolipidosis (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.

sphingolipidosis (English): Any of a class of disorders relating to sphingolipid metabolism

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of disorders relating to sphingolipid metabolism

Ancestry of “sphingolipidosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsphingolipidAny lipid, such as sphingomyelin, that is derived...
2EnglishlipidAny of a group of organic compounds including the...
3Frenchlipidelipid
4French-ideid (dynast)
5Middle French-ideid (dynast)
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -isEvery word from Latin -a