Where does “enantioasymmetric” come from?
enantioasymmetric (English) comes from English asymmetric, from English symmetric, from English symmetry, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία, from Ancient Greek σύμμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
enantioasymmetric (English): Describing a process in which only one of a pair of enantiomers takes part, or in which the reactivity of one enantiomer is greatly different to that of the other
Definitions
- Describing a process in which only one of a pair of enantiomers takes part, or in which the reactivity of one enantiomer is greatly different to that of the other
Ancestry of “enantioasymmetric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asymmetric | Not symmetric; Not involving a mutual exchange of... |
| 2 | English | symmetric | Symmetrical; Of a relation "R" on a set "S", such... |
| 3 | English | symmetry | Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing... |
| 4 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |