English

hexadentate

From hexa- + dentate.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’

Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’

Latin dēns ‘a tooth’

Latin dentātus ‘toothed, having teeth’

Today it means

adj Capable of attaching to a metal ion at six points

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

Etymograph / hexadentate