Where does “octadecane” come from?

octadecane (English) comes from English ane.

octadecane (English): Any of very many isomeric alkanes having the...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many isomeric alkanes having the...

Ancestry of “octadecane”, step by step

octadecane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ane

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1Englishane—

via English octadec

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1Englishoctadec—

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