Etymology

subchelate

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Today it means: Describing a short or stubby chelate appendage Full definition →

English chelate ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishchelate
  5. English todaysubchelate

From sub- + chelate.

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