Where does “heptadecatriene” come from?

heptadecatriene (English) comes from English heptadeca-, 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 — sound, voice.

heptadecatriene (English): Any aliphatic hydrocarbon that has seventeen carbon atoms and three double bonds

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic hydrocarbon that has seventeen carbon atoms and three double bonds

Ancestry of “heptadecatriene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheptadeca-seventeen
2Englishdeca-Greek number...
3Frenchdéca-deca-
4Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
5Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from English deca-
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