English
hexadecahydrate
From hexadeca- + hydrate.
Formed from hexadeca- + hydrate
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 *wed- ‘water’
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’
Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’
French hydrate
English hydrate
Today it means
noun A hydrate whose solid contains sixteen molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hexadecahydrate