Etymology

heterooctamer

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Today it means: An octamer which contains two or more different monomer species. Full definition →

English octamer ← Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) ← Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Englishoctamer
  7. English todayheterooctamer

From hetero- + octamer.

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