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Where does “tetracosane” come from?

tetracosane (English) comes from English tetracos-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

tetracosane (English): An alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula...

Definitions

  1. An alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula...

Ancestry of “tetracosane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtetracos-—
2Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
3Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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