English

hexamethyl

From hexa- + methyl.

A compound of hexa- + methyl

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Methyl

Today it means

noun (in combination) six methyl groups in a molecule

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Etymograph / hexamethyl