Etymograph

English

hexafluoroantimonate

From hexa- + fluoro- + antimonate.

Formed from hexa- + fluoro- + antimonate

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun The anion SbF₆⁻ or any salt containing this anion; it is used as an acidic catalyst in epoxide opening reactions.

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Etymograph / hexafluoroantimonate