Etymograph

English

heptanitrocubane

From hepta- + nitro- + cubane.

Formed from hepta- + nitro- + cubane

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Ancient Greek νίτρον ‘sodium carbonate or sodium nitrate’

English nitro-

Today it means

noun An experimental high explosive based on the cubane molecule and closely related to octanitrocubane.

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

Etymograph / heptanitrocubane