English
housane
From house + -ane, named for the molecule's resemblance to a house.
Formed from house + -ane
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs ‘dwelling’
Middle English hous ‘house’
English house
Today it means
noun The bicyclic alkane bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane (C₅H₈).
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Etymograph / housane