English

heterolipid

From hetero- + lipid.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

French lipide

English lipid

Today it means

noun A phospholipid, or a lipid that contains a nitrogen atom

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heterolipid