English

hexacontane

From hexa- + -cont- + -ane.

Formed from hexa- + -cont- + -ane

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Today it means

noun Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has sixty carbon atoms, but especially n-hexacontane CH₃(CH₂)₅₈CH₃

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Etymograph / hexacontane