Etymology

chaotropism

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Ancient Greek χάος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχάος“vast chasm, void”
  2. English todaychaotropism

From chaos + -tropism, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ism.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχάος all →

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