Where does “nonacarbide” come from?

nonacarbide (English) comes from English carbide — Any binary compound of carbon and a more...

nonacarbide (English): Any carbide containing nine carbon atoms per molecule

Definitions

  1. Any carbide containing nine carbon atoms per molecule

Ancestry of “nonacarbide”, step by step

nonacarbide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English carbide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarbideAny binary compound of carbon and a more...

via English Nona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNonaThe youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho
Every word from English carbide