phosphatidylinositol

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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 *wéyHsder.

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 كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor.

Medieval Latin alcoholbor.

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

English -ol

English inositol

English phosphatidylinositol

From phosphatidyl + inositol.

Noun

phosphatidylinositol (plural phosphatidylinositols)

1. (chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol

Derived terms

• glycophosphatidylinositol

Translations

a phospholipid

• Italian: fosfatidilinositolo m
• Spanish: fosfatidilinositol m