Where does “heteromonomer” come from?

heteromonomer (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.

heteromonomer (English): Any of the monomers that make up a heteropolymer

Definitions

  1. Any of the monomers that make up a heteropolymer

Ancestry of “heteromonomer”, step by step

heteromonomer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hetero

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;...
5Latinsexuālissexual
6Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
7Proto-Italicseksus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via English monomer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonomerA relatively small molecule which can be...
2English-mer
3Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
4Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-