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Where does “suberone” come from?

suberone (English) comes from English suberic, from English suber, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

suberone (English): cycloheptanone

Definitions

  1. cycloheptanone

Ancestry of “suberone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubericOf or relating to the layer of cells in trees...
2EnglishsuberCork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue...
3Latinsūber—
4Old High Germansūbar—
5Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
6Latinsōbrius—
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →