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The word petroleum come from Latin words that mean rock oil -- petra, meaning stone/rock and oleum, meaning oil.
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How did petroleum and natural gases come form?
where did petroleum come from?
What is the mixture called when crude oil and petroleum come straight from the ground?
"Petroleum" products are distilled from crude oil, so what comes out of the ground is crude oil.
Where does octane come from?
Octane is obtained by distillation from petrol.
What is another word for bitumen?
Bitumen is a petroleum tar, known as asphalt, pitch, or blacktop.
Does Butane comes from the latin word for oil?
No, "butane" is actually from the Latin word for butter, butyrum, which was borrowed from Greek. The Latin word for oil is oleum. ("Petroleum" is literally "rock oil.")
How did petroleum and natural gases come form?
where did petroleum come from?
What are word families of the word petroleum?
A word that could be part of a word family for petroleum is linoleum.
How many syllables are in the word petroleum?
The word 'petroleum' contains four syllables (pet-role-lee-um).
Will petroleum sources of energy ever come to an end?
If we continue osing petroleum, obviously they will.
What is the spanish word for petroleum?
Petróleo
What is another word for oil?
Petroleum
Is petroleum jelly a compound word?
No.
What word do you get when you unscramble this word lorpumete?
LORPUMETE unscrambled is PETROLEUM
Slogans for saving coal and petroleum?
petroleum is like time ......once gone will never come back
Is petroleum considered a rock?
Petroleum is not considered a rock. The definition of rock includes the word 'solid'.
Do petrochemicals come from coal?
Petrochemicals come from petroleum -Oil. However, some chemicals extracted from petroleum (petrochemicals) , may also be extracted form coal.
Where does toluene come from?
obtained from coal tar or petroleum
