Where does “ペンタデカン” come from?

ペンタデカン (Japanese) comes from English pentadecane, from English ane.

ペンタデカン (Japanese): pentadecane

Definitions

  1. pentadecane

Ancestry of “ペンタデカン”, step by step

ペンタデカン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pentadecane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpentadecaneAny of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic...
2Englishane—

via German Pentadecan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPentadecanpentadecane
Every word from English ane →Every word from English pentadecane →