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Where does “cetene” come from?

cetene (English) comes from English -ene, from French -ène, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

cetene (English): An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series,...

Definitions

  1. An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series,...

Ancestry of “cetene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
2French-ène-ene
3Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
4Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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