English

lipovitamin

From lipo- + vitamin.

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Proto-Italic *gʷītā ‘life’

Latin vīta ‘life’

Today it means

noun Any fat-soluble vitamin.

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

Etymograph / lipovitamin