English

lipovesicle

From lipo- + vesicle.

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Latin vēsīca ‘bladder, urinary bladder’

Latin vēsīcula ‘little bladder’

Middle French vesicule

Today it means

noun Any vesicle (such as a liposome) that contains lipids

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

Etymograph / lipovesicle