Where does “hexacosene” come from?

hexacosene (English) comes 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.

hexacosene (English): Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has twenty-six carbon atoms and one double bond, but especially 1-hexacosene or 9-hexacosene

Definitions

  1. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has twenty-six carbon atoms and one double bond, but especially 1-hexacosene or 9-hexacosene

Ancestry of “hexacosene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-cosa-—
2Englishicosa-API; twenty
3Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
4Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti →