Where does “ドコサン” come from?

ドコサン (Japanese) comes from English docosane, from English docos-, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

ドコサン (Japanese): docosane

Definitions

  1. docosane

Ancestry of “ドコサン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdocosaneAny alkane having 22 carbon atoms, but especially...
2Englishdocos-—
3Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
4Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from English docos- →