Etymology

homochain

H4O1M3O1C3H4A1I1N1

Today it means: Used attributively to describe polymers in which the main chain consists of atoms of a single element Full definition →

English chain ← Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) ← Proto-Hellenic *homós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*homós
  4. Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
  5. Englishhomo-
  6. Englishchain
  7. English todayhomochain

From homo- + chain.

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