Etymology

cheminformatics

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Today it means: Any of many applications of information technology to chemistry Full definition →

English informatics ← Middle English enformacioun ← Late Latin īnfōrmātiō
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The story

  1. Englishchem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  3. Proto-Italic*en
  4. Proto-Italic*en-
  5. Latinin-
  6. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  7. Latinfōrma
  8. Latinfōrmō
  9. Latinīnfōrmō
  10. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
  11. Middle Englishenformacioun
  12. Englishinformation
  13. Englishinformatics
  14. English todaycheminformatics

From chem- + informatics.

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