English
adipocere
Adipocere comes from Latin cēra ‘wax, beeswax, honeycomb’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēra‘wax, beeswax, honeycomb’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025adipocere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēra‘wax, beeswax, honeycomb’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025adipocere
Earliest quotation: 2025: “In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft…”
Formed from adipo
Every English word from Latin cēra
Today it means
noun A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cēra / adipocere