English
adipo-
Adipo- comes from Latin adeps ‘fat, lard, grease’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeps‘fat, lard, grease’
- Englishtodayadipo-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeps‘fat, lard, grease’
- Englishtodayadipo-
Every English word from Latin adeps
Today it means
prefix fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin adeps / adipo-