English
prismane
From prism + -ane.
A compound of prism + -ane
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Ancient Greek πρῐ́ω
Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ ‘anything sawn’
Late Latin prisma ‘(geometry) prism’
English prism
Today it means
noun a polycyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₆, having the shape of a regular triangular prism; any derivative of this compound
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Etymograph / prismane