Where does “ヘプチン” come from?

ヘプチン (Japanese) comes from English heptyne, from English -yne, from English -ylene — used to form the names of bivalent radicals.

ヘプチン (Japanese): heptyne

Definitions

  1. heptyne

Ancestry of “ヘプチン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheptyneAny alkyne with one triple bond and the molecular formula C7H12
2English-yneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
3English-yleneused to form the names of bivalent radicals
Every word from English -ylene →Every word from English -yne →Every word from English heptyne →