Where does “trifenilmetano” come from?

trifenilmetano (Italian) comes from Italian metano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

trifenilmetano (Italian): triphenylmethane

Definitions

  1. triphenylmethane

Ancestry of “trifenilmetano”, step by step

trifenilmetano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian metano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmetanomethane
2Italian-anoUsed with a stem to form the third-person plural...
3Latin-antthird-person plural present active indicative of...
4Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Italian fenile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfenilephenyl
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Italian -ano