Where does “picene” come from?

picene (English) comes from Latin Picenum, from Latin pīcus — woodpecker.

picene (English): A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of...

Definitions

  1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of...

Ancestry of “picene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPicenum—
2Latinpīcuswoodpecker

Words derived from “picene”

Every word from Latin pīcus →Every word from Latin Picenum →