Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enantiomeric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
enan-tiomer-ic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to an enantiomer or the relation between enantiomers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Hellenic *antíos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os) Ancient Greek ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)der. English enantio- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English enantiomer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English enantiomeric From enantiomer + -ic.

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Questions

What does enantiomeric mean?
Of or pertaining to an enantiomer or the relation between enantiomers.
Where does enantiomeric come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Hellenic *antíos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os) Ancient Greek ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)der. English enantio- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English enantiomer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English enantiomeric From enantiomer + -ic.

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