Where does “ヘプタトリアコンタン” come from?

ヘプタトリアコンタン (Japanese) comes from English heptatriacontane, from English tri-, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ヘプタトリアコンタン (Japanese): heptatriacontane

Definitions

  1. heptatriacontane

Ancestry of “ヘプタトリアコンタン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheptatriacontaneAny of very many isomers of the aliphatic...
2Englishtri-API; three; Used in combination with a known...
3Sanskritत्रिthree
4Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from English tri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →