Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enantiomerism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
enan-tiomerism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The isomerism of enantiomers.

Etymology

Etymology tree English enantiomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English enantiomerism From enantiomer + -ism.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does enantiomerism mean?
The isomerism of enantiomers.
Where does enantiomerism come from?
Etymology tree English enantiomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English enantiomerism From enantiomer + -ism.

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