Where does “sulfolipid” come from?
sulfolipid (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.
sulfolipid (English): any sulfate ester of a glycolipid
Definitions
- any sulfate ester of a glycolipid
Ancestry of “sulfolipid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lipid | Any of a group of organic compounds including the... |
| 2 | French | lipide | lipid |
| 3 | French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 4 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |