The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥
- Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
- Englishdodeca-
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzo-
- Englishcoronene
- English todaydodecabenzocoronene
From dodeca- + benzo- + coronene. From having an additional 12 benzene rings fused to a coronene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.