Where does “Glycolipid” come from?
Glycolipid (German) comes from German Lipid, from Spanish lípido, from French lipide, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
Glycolipid (German): glycolipid
Ancestry of “Glycolipid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Lipid | lipid |
| 2 | Spanish | lípido | lipid |
| 3 | French | lipide | lipid |
| 4 | French | -ide | — |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | — |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |