Etymograph

English

heptahydroxy

From hepta- + hydroxy.

Formed from hepta- + hydroxy

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Today it means

noun seven hydroxy groups. (OH)₇

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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