English

hexanitromannitol

From hexa- + nitro- + mannitol.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Ancient Greek νίτρον ‘sodium carbonate or sodium nitrate’

Today it means

noun The explosive mannitol hexanitrate.

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Etymograph / hexanitromannitol