Where does “nonacosanol” come from?
nonacosanol (English) comes from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
nonacosanol (English): Any aliphatic alcohol that has 29 carbon atoms, but especially 1-nonacosanol
Definitions
- Any aliphatic alcohol that has 29 carbon atoms, but especially 1-nonacosanol
Ancestry of “nonacosanol”, step by step
nonacosanol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 2 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 3 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 5 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 6 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 7 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 8 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 9 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 10 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 11 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 12 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 13 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 14 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 15 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
via English nonacosane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nonacosane | A saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 29... |
| 2 | English | nona- | API; nine |
| 3 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 4 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 5 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |