English
enantioasymmetric
From enantio- + asymmetric.
Formed from enantio- + asymmetric
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
Ancient Greek μέτρον ‘measure’
Ancient Greek σῠ́μμετρος ‘symmetrical’
Ancient Greek σῠμμετρῐ́ᾱ
Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία ‘disproportion, deformity’
English asymmetric
Today it means
adj Describing a process in which only one of a pair of enantiomers takes part, or in which the reactivity of one enantiomer is greatly different to that of the other.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / enantioasymmetric