English
hexadecaroon
From hexadeca- + the ending of octoroon, quintroon, etc.
Formed from hexadeca-
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 A person who has one-sixteenth black ancestry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hexadecaroon