glycophosphatidylinositol

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der.

English glyco-

English phosphate

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English phosphatide

English -ate

English phosphatidate

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English phosphatidyl

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁sder.

Proto-Hellenic *wīs

Ancient Greek *ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)

Ancient Greek ῑ̓νός (īnós)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.

Latin -ītēslbor.

French -iteder.

English -ite

English inosite

Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.

Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.

Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)

Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.

Medieval Latin alcoholder.

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

English -ol

English inositol

English phosphatidylinositol

English glycophosphatidylinositol

From glyco- + phosphatidylinositol.

Noun

glycophosphatidylinositol (plural glycophosphatidylinositols)

1. (biochemistry) Any glycolipid consisting of phosphatidylinositol attached to a sugar

   Synonym: glycosylphosphatidylinositol