Where does “ヘキサデカン” come from?

ヘキサデカン (Japanese) comes from English hexadecane, from English ane.

ヘキサデカン (Japanese): hexadecane

Definitions

  1. hexadecane

Ancestry of “ヘキサデカン”, step by step

ヘキサデカン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hexadecane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhexadecaneAny of the very many isomeric aliphatic...
2Englishane—

via German Hexadecan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHexadecanhexadecane
Every word from English ane →Every word from English hexadecane →