English

hexanoic

From hexane + -oic.

Formed from hexane + -oic

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic

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

Etymograph / hexanoic