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Where does “nonadecamer” come from?

nonadecamer (English) comes from English nonadeca-, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

nonadecamer (English): An oligomer having nineteen subunits

Definitions

  1. An oligomer having nineteen subunits

Ancestry of “nonadecamer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnonadeca-nineteen
2Englishdeca-Greek number...
3Frenchdéca-deca-
4Latindecās—
5Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوك—
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “nonadecamer”

  • nonadecameric
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