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Where does “norsesquiterpenoid” come from?

norsesquiterpenoid (English) comes from English sesquiterpenoid, from English sesqui-, from Latin sēsqui-, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

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Ancestry of “norsesquiterpenoid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsesquiterpenoidA terpenoid having a C skeleton; Of, or relating...
2Englishsesqui-1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2
3Latinsēsqui-—
4Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
5Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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