Where does “myricanone” come from?

myricanone (English) comes from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

myricanone (English): A cyclic diarylheptanoid isolated from the bark...

Definitions

  1. A cyclic diarylheptanoid isolated from the bark...

Ancestry of “myricanone”, step by step

myricanone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English Myrica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMyricaAny of the genus Myrica of shrubs and trees
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an