English

hexaoxide

From hexa- + oxide.

A compound of hexa- + oxide

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’

French oxyde

English oxide

Today it means

noun Any oxide having six oxygen atoms

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