English
hexadecahydroxy
From hexadeca- + hydroxy.
Formed from hexadeca- + hydroxy
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Hellenic *dékə ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δέκᾰ ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δεκάς ‘the number ten’
Late Latin decas
English hexadeca-
Today it means
noun Sixteen hydroxy functional groups in a molecule
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Etymograph / hexadecahydroxy