Etymograph

English

stereomutation

From stereo- + mutation.

A compound of stereo- + mutation

Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘barren, infertile’

Ancient Greek στερεός ‘firm, solid’

English stereo-

Latin mūtō

Latin mūtātiō ‘change, alteration’

Old French mutacion

Middle English mutacioun ‘alteration, change, modification’

English mutation

Today it means

noun Any change in the stereochemical configuration of a molecule

Sources

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