Where does “etenă” come from?

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

etenă (Romanian): ethene

Definitions

  1. ethene

Ancestry of “etenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishetheneThe organic chemical compound ethylene. The...
2French-ène-ene
3Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
4Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek -ηνός →Every word from French -ène →