Where does “tricosahydrate” come from?

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

tricosahydrate (English): A hydrate whose solid contains twenty three molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. 23H2O

Definitions

  1. A hydrate whose solid contains twenty three molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. 23H2O

Ancestry of “tricosahydrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-cosa-—
2Englishicosa-API; twenty
3Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
4Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti →
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