Etymograph

English

hexadecacarbonylhexarhodium

From hexadeca- + carbonyl + hexa- + rhodium.

A compound of hexadeca- + carbonyl + hexa- + rhodium

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

Proto-Hellenic *dékə ‘ten’

Ancient Greek δέκᾰ ‘ten’

Ancient Greek δεκάς ‘the number ten’

Late Latin decas

English hexadeca-

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Hellenic *wródon

Ancient Greek ῥόδον ‘rose’

New Latin rhodium

English rhodium

Today it means

noun A metal carbonyl cluster with formula Rh₆(CO)₁₆.

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

Etymograph / hexadecacarbonylhexarhodium