English

enantiopure

From enantio- + pure.

A compound of enantio- + pure

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος ‘opposite, against’

Ancient Greek ἐναντίος ‘opposite’

Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’

Proto-Italic *pūros

Latin pūrus ‘clear, clean, pure’

Old French pur ‘pure’

Middle English pure

English pure

Today it means

adj Enantiomerically pure (containing a single enantiomer).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enantiopure