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 pīcus →Every word from Latin Picenum →Every word from English picene →