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Where does “heptacosanoic” come from?

heptacosanoic (English) comes from English heptacosane, from English -cosa-, from English icosa-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

heptacosanoic (English): Of or pertaining to heptacosanoic acid or its...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to heptacosanoic acid or its...

Ancestry of “heptacosanoic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheptacosaneAny of very many isomers of the saturated...
2English-cosa-—
3Englishicosa-API; twenty
4Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
5Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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