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Where does “heptatriene” come from?

heptatriene (English) comes from English triene, from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

heptatriene (English): Any aliphatic triene containing seven carbon...

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic triene containing seven carbon...

Ancestry of “heptatriene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrieneAny alkene that has three double bonds
2Englishtritriathlon; triangle
3Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “heptatriene”

  • phenylheptatriene
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