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Where does “octacosane” come from?

octacosane (English) comes from English -cosa-, from English icosa-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

octacosane (English): Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic...

Ancestry of “octacosane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-cosa-—
2Englishicosa-API; twenty
3Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
4Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “octacosane”

  • octacosanoic
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