Where does “octanone” come from?

octanone (English) comes from English octane, from English oct, from Proto-Slavic ocьtъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

octanone (English): Any aliphatic ketone that has eight carbon atoms

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic ketone that has eight carbon atoms

Ancestry of “octanone”, step by step

octanone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English octane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoctaneAny of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic...
2EnglishoctAbbreviation of octal
3Proto-Slavicocьtъvinegar
4Gothic𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄vinegar
5Latinacētumvinegar
6French-ateate
7Latin-ātused
8Proto-Italic-ātos
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos