Where does “ヘプタデカン” come from?

ヘプタデカン (Japanese) comes from English heptadecane, from English ane.

ヘプタデカン (Japanese): heptadecane

Definitions

  1. heptadecane

Ancestry of “ヘプタデカン”, step by step

ヘプタデカン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English heptadecane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheptadecaneAn alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula...
2Englishane—

via German Heptadecan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHeptadecan—
Every word from English ane →Every word from English heptadecane →