English
heptatriacontane
From hepta- + triacont- + -ane.
Formed from hepta- + triacont- + -ane
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’
Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’
Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’
English hepta-
Today it means
noun Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having thirty-seven carbon atoms, but especially n-heptatriacontane CH₃(CH₂)₃₅CH₃
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Etymograph / heptatriacontane