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Where does “decaprenyl” come from?

decaprenyl (English) comes from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

decaprenyl (English): A polyprenyl group formed from ten isoprenyl...

Definitions

  1. A polyprenyl group formed from ten isoprenyl...

Ancestry of “decaprenyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdeca-Greek number...
2Frenchdéca-deca-
3Latindecās—
4Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
5Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوك—
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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