Etymograph

English

hexanal

From hexane + -al (“aldehyde”).

A compound of hexane + -al ‘aldehyde’

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexane

Today it means

noun Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal.

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