Where does “hemicatenane” come from?

hemicatenane (English) comes from English catenane, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

hemicatenane (English): A junction between two complementary strands of double-stranded DNA

Definitions

  1. A junction between two complementary strands of double-stranded DNA

Ancestry of “hemicatenane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatenaneAny compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having...
2Latincatēnachain
3Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from English catenane →