Where does “oxononanoate” come from?

oxononanoate (English) comes from English oxo, from Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος, from Proto-Iranian waxš-.

oxononanoate (English): Any salt or ester of the keto acid derived from...

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of the keto acid derived from...

Ancestry of “oxononanoate”, step by step

oxononanoate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oxo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoxoA substituent oxygen atom connected to another...
2LatinŌxus
3Ancient GreekὮξος
4Proto-Iranianwaxš-

via English nonanoate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonanoateAny salt or ester of nonanoic acid
Every word from Proto-Iranian waxš-Every word from Ancient Greek ὮξοςEvery word from Latin Ōxus