English

macrolipophagy

From macro- + lipo- + -phagy.

Formed from macro- + lipo- + -phagy

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Hellenic *lípos ‘fat’

Ancient Greek λῐ́πος ‘animal fat’

English lipo-

Today it means

noun macroautophagy of lipid-containing tissue

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

Etymograph / macrolipophagy