English
hexadecarsenide
From hexadeca- + arsenide.
A compound of hexa- + deca- + hexadeca- + arsenic + -ide + arsenide
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Hellenic *dékə ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δέκᾰ ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δεκάς ‘the number ten’
Late Latin decas
English hexadeca-
Latin arsenicum ‘arsenic’
Middle French arsenic
Middle English arsenik
English arsenic
Today it means
noun Any arsenide containing sixteen atoms of arsenic per molecule
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hexadecarsenide