Etymology

covalence

C3O1V4A1L1E1N1C3E1

Today it means: A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms Full definition →

English valence ← Latin co- ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Englishvalence
  9. English todaycovalence

From co- + valence.

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