Etymology

enantiodifferentiation

Today it means: differentiation between each of a pair of enantiomers Full definition →

English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂entíos
  6. Proto-Hellenic*antíos
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os)
  8. Ancient Greekἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)
  9. Englishenantio-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  11. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  12. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  13. Proto-Italic*dis-
  14. Latindis-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  17. Proto-Italic*ferō
  18. Latinferō
  19. Latindifferō
  20. Latindifferēns
  21. Latindifferentia
  22. New Latindifferentiō
  23. New Latindifferentiātus
  24. Englishdifferentiate
  25. Englishdifferentiation
  26. English todayenantiodifferentiation

From enantio- + differentiation.

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