Where does “ピセン” come from?

ピセン (Japanese) comes from English picene, from Latin Picenum, from Latin pīcus — woodpecker.

ピセン (Japanese): picene

Definitions

  1. picene

Ancestry of “ピセン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpiceneA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of...
2LatinPicenum
3Latinpīcuswoodpecker
Every word from Latin pīcusEvery word from Latin PicenumEvery word from English picene