Where does “ブテン” come from?

ブテン (Japanese) comes from English butene, from English -ene, from French -ène, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

ブテン (Japanese): butene

Definitions

  1. butene

Ancestry of “ブテン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuteneAny of several forms of butylene
2English-eneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
3French-ène-ene
4Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
5Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →