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Where does “sekundäärinen alkoholi” come from?

sekundäärinen alkoholi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekundäärinen, from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sekundäärinen alkoholi (Finnish): secondary alcohol

Definitions

  1. secondary alcohol

Ancestry of “sekundäärinen alkoholi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsekundäärinenAlternative form of sekundaarinen
2Frenchsecondairesecondary
3Latinsecundārius—
4Latinsecundussecond, the ordinal number after prīmus and...
5LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
6Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
7Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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