Where does “tricosane” come from?

tricosane (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.

tricosane (English): Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic...

Ancestry of “tricosane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-cosa-—
2Englishicosa-API; twenty
3Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
4Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “tricosane”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti →