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

heptatriene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English triene

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

via English hepta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheptaseven

Words derived from “heptatriene

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyesEvery word from English triEvery word from English triene