English

homoligand

From homo- + ligand.

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

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Latin ligo ‘bind’

Latin ligandus ‘tied, bound, united, fastened’

Today it means

noun Any of a group of identical ligands in a complex

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Etymograph / homoligand