English

hexanitrobenzene

From hexa- + nitro- + benzene.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Ancient Greek νίτρον ‘sodium carbonate or sodium nitrate’

German Benzoe ‘benzoin’

German Benzin ‘gasoline’

Today it means

noun A high-density explosive compound.

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

Etymograph / hexanitrobenzene