English

heteroligand

From hetero- + ligand.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Latin ligo ‘bind’

Latin ligandus ‘tied, bound, united, fastened’

Today it means

noun Any of two or more different ligands surrounding the same metal atom (or two or more atoms in a heterobinuclear compound)

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Etymograph / heteroligand