Where does “pentadecanone” come from?

pentadecanone (English) comes from English pentadeca-, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

pentadecanone (English): Any of several isomeric aliphatic ketones having fifteen carbon atoms

Definitions

  1. Any of several isomeric aliphatic ketones having fifteen carbon atoms

Ancestry of “pentadecanone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpentadeca-API; fifteen
2Englishdeca-Greek number...
3Frenchdéca-deca-
4Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
5Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from English deca-
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