Etymograph

English

hexabromoacetone

From hexa- + bromo- + acetone.

Formed from hexa- + bromo- + acetone

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

English bromine

English bromo-

Today it means

noun The fully brominated derivative of acetone; it is used in organic synthesis as a tribromoacetylating agent.

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