English

lipofuscin

From lipo- + fuscin.

A compound of lipo- + fuscin

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- ‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-ko-s ‘dark-colored’

Latin fuscus ‘dark-colored, tawny’

Today it means

noun Any of a family of pigmented lipid granules that accumulate in several body tissues.

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

Etymograph / lipofuscin