Etymology

achiral

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Today it means: Superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral. Full definition →

English chiral ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  9. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishchiral
  13. English todayachiral

From a- + chiral.

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