English
lipohyperplasia
Lipohyperplasia comes from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς ‘a moulding, conformation’, and goes back to πλάσσω ‘to form’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσωplássō‘to form’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σῐςplắsĭs‘a moulding, conformation’
- English1500–presenthyperplasia
- Englishearliest quotation 2013lipohyperplasia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσωplássō‘to form’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σῐςplắsĭs‘a moulding, conformation’
- English1500–presenthyperplasia
- Englishearliest quotation 2013lipohyperplasia
Earliest quotation: 2013, Hytham K S Hamid et al., Ileocecal lipohyperplasia presenting as a chronic sideropeni: “The patient underwent limited right hemicolectomy, and histology confirmed…”
A compound of lipo- + hyperplasia
Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’
Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’
Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’
English lipo-
Linked words
through Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to form’
Today it means
noun hyperplasia involving lipocytes
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλάσσω / lipohyperplasia