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Where does “catenane” come from?

catenane (English) comes from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

catenane (English): Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having...

Definitions

  1. Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having...

Ancestry of “catenane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincatēna—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “catenane”

  • pseudocatenane
  • polycatenane
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