English
hypercoordination
From hyper- + coordination.
Formed from hyper- + coordination
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
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Latin ōrdinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
Latin ōrdinātiō ‘regulating, arranging’
Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem
Middle French coordination
English coordination
Today it means
noun The property of an atom (in a molecule) having a larger than normal coordination number (typically greater than 4)
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Etymograph / hypercoordination