adipose的词源

英文词源

adipose (adj.)

1743, from Modern Latin adiposus "fatty," from Latin adipem (nominative adeps, genitive adipis) "soft fat of animals, fat, lard," from Greek aleipha "unguent, fat," related to lipos "grease, fat" (see leave (v.)). Change of -l- to -d- "prob. due to Umbrian influence" [Klein]. But it could as well be a native Italic formation from the same roots, *ad-leip-a "sticking onto."

中文词源

adipose：脂肪的

词根adip,脂肪,来自词根dip，词源同leave, 脂肪，粘，停留，后指离开。字母 d, l 对应。

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