English

enantioselection

From enantio- + selection.

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος ‘opposite, against’

Ancient Greek ἐναντίος ‘opposite’

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō ‘gather’

Latin sēligō ‘choose out’

Latin sēlēctiō ‘the act of choosing out’

Today it means

noun The selection of a specific enantiomer of a compound as a reaction product.

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

Etymograph / enantioselection