Where does “dimetyylitereftalaatti” come from?

dimetyylitereftalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish dimetyyli — dimethyl containing two methyl groups.

dimetyylitereftalaatti (Finnish): dimethyl terephthalate

Definitions

  1. dimethyl terephthalate

Ancestry of “dimetyylitereftalaatti”, step by step

dimetyylitereftalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish dimetyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdimetyylidimethyl containing two methyl groups

via Finnish tereftalaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtereftalaattiterephthalate
Every word from Finnish dimetyyli