Etymology

cistactic

C3I1S1T1A1C3T1I1C3

Today it means: Describing a tactic polymer in which the double bonds of the repeat units have the cis conformation Full definition →

English tactic ← New Latin tactica ← Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)
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The story

  1. Latincis
  2. Englishcis-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*tat͏̌t͏̌ō
  5. Ancient Greekτάσσω (tássō)
  6. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  7. New Latintactica
  8. Englishtactic
  9. English todaycistactic

From cis- + tactic.

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