English
glycolipodepsipeptide
By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.
Equivalent to glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide
Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’
Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’
Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’
English lipo-
Ancient Greek δέψειν ‘knead’
English depsi-
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
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Ancient Greek πέπτω ‘soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest’
Ancient Greek πεπτόν ‘cooked, digested’
German Pepton
German Peptid
English peptide
Today it means
noun Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / glycolipodepsipeptide