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Where does “heterometallic” come from?

heterometallic (English) comes from English hetero, from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus — to cut, cut off, sever.

heterometallic (English): Describing any compound in which one or more...

Definitions

  1. Describing any compound in which one or more...

Ancestry of “heterometallic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheteroHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a...
2EnglishheterosexualSexually attracted to members of the opposite...
3English-sexualForms a noun or adjective describing a state or...
4EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
5Latinsexuālis—
6Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
7Proto-Italicseksus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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