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Where does “heptatriyne” come from?

heptatriyne (English) comes from English triyne, from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

heptatriyne (English): Any aliphatic triyne containing seven carbon...

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic triyne containing seven carbon...

Ancestry of “heptatriyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriyneAny alkyne that has three triple bonds
2Englishtritriathlon; triangle
3Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “heptatriyne”

  • phenylheptatriyne
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