Where does “オクタコサン” come from?

オクタコサン (Japanese) comes from English octacosane, from English -cosa-, from English icosa-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

オクタコサン (Japanese): octacosane

Definitions

  1. octacosane

Ancestry of “オクタコサン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoctacosaneAny of very many isomers of the aliphatic...
2English-cosa-—
3Englishicosa-API; twenty
4Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
5Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti →