Where does “cetenă” come from?

cetenă (Romanian) comes from English cetene, from English -ene, from French -ène, from Ancient Greek -ηνός, from Ancient Greek -νός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

cetenă (Romanian): ketene

Definitions

  1. ketene

Ancestry of “cetenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceteneAn oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series,...
2English-eneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
3French-ène-ene
4Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
5Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from English -ene →Every word from Ancient Greek -ηνός →