English

hexanuclear

From hexa- + nuclear.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Italic *knuks ‘nut’

Latin nux ‘nut’

Latin nucleus ‘small nut; kernel’

Today it means

adj Having six nuclei (in any of several contexts)

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

Etymograph / hexanuclear