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Where does “dimer” come from?

Dimer comes from English di- combined with a root from Ancient Greek διά and μείρομαι, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- and dwóh₁, denoting a unit composed of two parts.

dimer (English): A molecule consisting of two identical halves,...

Definitions

  1. A molecule consisting of two identical halves,...

Ancestry of “dimer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmerA repeat unit: a structural unit which through...
2EnglishpolymerA long or larger molecule consisting of a chain...
3Englishpoly-many; polymer
4Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
5Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
6Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
7Proto-Hellenic*péryō—

Words derived from “dimer”

  • dimerization
  • dimeric
  • heterodimer
  • homodimer
  • heterodimeric
  • heterodimerization
  • dimerize
  • homodimeric
  • heterodimerize
  • interdimer
  • homodimerize
  • intradimer
  • photodimerization
  • dimerise
  • dimerizer
  • heterodimerise
  • hydrodimerization
  • cyclodimerization
  • cyclodimer
  • cyclodimerize
  • hydrodimer
  • nanodimer
  • retrodimerize
  • retrodimerization
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