Etymology

transtactic

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Today it means: Describing a tactic polymer in which the double bonds of the repeat units have the trans conformation. Full definition →

English tactic ← New Latin tactica ← Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*tat͏̌t͏̌ō
  11. Ancient Greekτάσσω (tássō)
  12. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  13. New Latintactica
  14. Englishtactic
  15. English todaytranstactic

From trans- + tactic.

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