Where does “nonaprenyl” come from?

nonaprenyl (English) comes from English prenyl — isoprenyl.

nonaprenyl (English): Any univalent radical formed from nine isoprenyl...

Definitions

  1. Any univalent radical formed from nine isoprenyl...

Ancestry of “nonaprenyl”, step by step

nonaprenyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprenylisoprenyl

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 prenyl
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