Where does “sesquiterpenoide” come from?

sesquiterpenoide (Spanish) comes from Spanish sesqui-, from Latin sēsqui-, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sesquiterpenoide (Spanish): sesquiterpenoid

Definitions

  1. sesquiterpenoid

Ancestry of “sesquiterpenoide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsesqui-1½; 1½ times
2Latinsēsqui-1½; 1½ times, increased by 50%
3Latin-queand, a copulative particle affixed to the word it...
4Proto-Italic-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Latin -queEvery word from Latin sēsqui-
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