Where does “octatriene” come from?

octatriene (English) comes from English triene, from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

octatriene (English): Any of several isomeric trienes having eight...

Definitions

  1. Any of several isomeric trienes having eight...

Ancestry of “octatriene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrieneAny alkene that has three double bonds
2Englishtritriathlon; triangle
3Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “octatriene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →Every word from English triene →
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