Where does “trioxolane” come from?

trioxolane (English) comes from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

trioxolane (English): A five-membered, saturated heterocycle,...

Definitions

  1. A five-membered, saturated heterocycle,...

Ancestry of “trioxolane”, step by step

trioxolane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English oxolane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishoxolanetetrahydrofuran
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →