Etymograph

English

interchiral

From inter- + chiral.

Formed from inter- + chiral

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr ‘hand’

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ ‘hand’

English chiral

Today it means

adj Between left-handed and right-handed forms (typically of an organic compound)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / interchiral