Etymograph

English

homotrimer

From homo- + trimer.

A compound of homo- + trimer

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Today it means

noun A trimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from three identical monomers.

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