Etymograph

English

glycolipid

From glyco- + lipid.

A compound of glyco- + lipid

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

English glyco-

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

French lipide

English lipid

Today it means

noun An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes

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