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Where does “stereochemic” come from?

stereochemic (English) comes from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.

stereochemic (English): Of or pertaining to stereochemistry

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to stereochemistry

Ancestry of “stereochemic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstereoA system of recording or reproducing sound that...
2EnglishstereotypeA conventional, formulaic, and often...
3FrenchstéréotypeA stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and...
4Frenchtypetype; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface
5Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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