Etymograph

English

liposynthesis

From lipo- + synthesis.

Formed from lipo- + synthesis

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’

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Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘set, place’

Ancient Greek συντίθημι ‘put together, combine’

Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‘a putting together’

Latin synthesis ‘a collection or reunion of many objects of…’

English synthesis

Today it means

noun The biosynthesis of lipids

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

Etymograph / liposynthesis