Where does “オレフィン系炭化水素” come from?

オレフィン系炭化水素 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 炭化水素, from Japanese 水素, from Dutch waterstof, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer — to push, to hit.

オレフィン系炭化水素 (Japanese): alkene

Definitions

  1. alkene

Ancestry of “オレフィン系炭化水素”, step by step

オレフィン系炭化水素 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 炭化水素

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese炭化水素hydrocarbon
2Japanese水素hydrogen
3Dutchwaterstofhydrogen
4Dutchstofdust; matter, material; substance
5Middle Dutchstof
6Middle Dutchstoffe
7Old Frenchestophe
8Old Frenchestofferto decorate, garnish
9Old High Germanstoffōnto stop, halt
10Old Dutchstuppon
11Proto-Germanicstuppōnąto stop; to close
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tewb-to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,...
13Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Japanese オレフィン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseオレフィンalkene
2EnglisholefinAny of a class of unsaturated open-chain...
3EnglisholefiantThat produces oil
4Frenchgaz oléfiant
5French-oleadded to a noun to form a diminutive, or a...
6Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
7Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-