Where does “civetone” come from?

civetone (English) comes from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

civetone (English): The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone...

Definitions

  1. The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone...

Ancestry of “civetone”, step by step

civetone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English civet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcivetA carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis...
2Frenchcivettecivet
3Italianzibettocivet; cat-like animal, feline
4Medieval Latinzibethuscivet
5Arabicزَبَادcivet perfume
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an