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Where does “iso-octane” come from?

iso-octane (English) comes from English octane, from English oct, from Proto-Slavic ocьtъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.

iso-octane (English): Any isomer of octane except the normal,...

Definitions

  1. Any isomer of octane except the normal,...

Ancestry of “iso-octane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoctaneAny of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic...
2EnglishoctAbbreviation of octal
3Proto-Slavicocьtъvinegar
4Gothic𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄vinegar
5Latinacētum—
6French-ate-ate
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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