English
hexachlorobenzene
From hexa- + chloro- + benzene.
A compound of hexa- + chloro- + benzene
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós
Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós ‘greenish-yellow, pale green’
Ancient Greek χλωρός ‘pale green’
English chloro-
Today it means
noun A polychlorinated hydrocarbon, C₆Cl₆, used as a fungicide in the treatment of bunt
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Etymograph / hexachlorobenzene