Etymograph

English

hexafluorobenzene

From hexa- + fluoro- + benzene.

Formed from hexa- + fluoro- + benzene

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-

German Benzoe ‘benzoin’

German Benzin ‘gasoline’

English benzene

Today it means

noun The perfluoro derivative of benzene C₆F₆

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

Etymograph / hexafluorobenzene