Where does “pentacarbide” come from?

pentacarbide (English) comes from English carbide — Any binary compound of carbon and a more...

pentacarbide (English): Any carbide containing five carbon atoms per molecule

Definitions

  1. Any carbide containing five carbon atoms per molecule

Ancestry of “pentacarbide”, step by step

pentacarbide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English carbide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarbideAny binary compound of carbon and a more...

via English penta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpenta
Every word from English carbide