Etymograph

English

hexafluorothioacetone

From hexa- + fluoro- + thioacetone.

Formed from hexa- + fluoro- + thioacetone

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 fully fluorinated derivative of thioacetone; it is used in organic synthesis

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

Etymograph / hexafluorothioacetone