Etymology

ditactic

D2I1T1A1C3T1I1C3

Today it means: Describing a tactic polymer that contains two sites of defined stereoisomerism in each repeat unit. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  8. New Latintactica
  9. Englishtactic
  10. English todayditactic

From di- + tactic.

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