English
heteropolyoxometalate
From hetero- + poly- + oxo- + metalate.
Formed from hetero- + poly- + oxo- + metalate
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros
Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’
English hetero-
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús ‘much, many’
Ancient Greek πολύς ‘many, much’
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’
Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’
French oxygène ‘oxygen’
English oxygen
English oxo-
Today it means
noun A heteropolymetalate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heteropolyoxometalate