Where does “pentasulfură” come from?

pentasulfură (Romanian) comes from French pentasulfure, from French penta-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pentasulfură (Romanian): pentasulfide

Definitions

  1. pentasulfide

Ancestry of “pentasulfură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpentasulfurepentasulfide
2Frenchpenta-penta
3Ancient Greekπέντεfive
4Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πέντε →