Where does “typpitetraoksidi” come from?

typpitetraoksidi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tetraoksidi, from Finnish tetra-, from Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- — four.

typpitetraoksidi (Finnish): dinitrogen tetroxide

Definitions

  1. dinitrogen tetroxide

Ancestry of “typpitetraoksidi”, step by step

typpitetraoksidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tetraoksidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtetraoksiditetroxide, tetraoxide
2Finnishtetra-tetra
3Ancient Greekτετρᾰ-four

via Finnish typpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyppinitrogen
2Finnishtypehtyäto be extinguished
Every word from Ancient Greek τετρᾰ-