English

lysolipid

From lyso- + lipid.

Formed from lyso- + lipid

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loose’

Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς ‘a loosening’

English lyso-

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

French lipide

English lipid

Today it means

noun Any derivative of a lipid in which one or both acyl derivatives have been removed by hydrolysis

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

Etymograph / lysolipid