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Where does “quimioselectividad” come from?

quimioselectividad (Spanish) comes from Spanish selectividad, from Spanish -idad, from Latin -itās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

quimioselectividad (Spanish): chemoselectivity

Definitions

  1. chemoselectivity

Ancestry of “quimioselectividad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishselectividadselectivity
2Spanish-idadForm of -dad used generally for adjectives of...
3Latin-itās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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