English
hexanucleotide
From hexa- + nucleotide.
Formed from hexa- + nucleotide
Proto-Italic *knuks ‘nut’
Latin nux ‘nut’
Latin nucleus ‘(small) nut’
English nucleus
English nucleotide
Today it means
noun a codon containing six nucleotides
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hexanucleotide