Etymology

perchloropentacyclodecane

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English decane ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  12. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  13. Englishchloro-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  15. Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
  16. Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
  17. Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
  18. Englishpenta-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  21. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  22. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  23. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  24. Late Latincyclus
  25. Middle Englishcicle
  26. Englishcycle
  27. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  28. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  29. Classical Latincyclicu
  30. Middle Frenchcyclique
  31. Frenchcyclique
  32. Classical Latincyclicus
  33. Englishcyclic
  34. Englishcyclo-
  35. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  36. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  37. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  38. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  39. Late Latindecas
  40. Frenchdéca-
  41. Englishdeca-clip.
  42. Englishdec-
  43. Englishdecane
  44. English todayperchloropentacyclodecane

From per- + chloro- + penta- + cyclo- + decane.

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