English

hexatetracontane

From hexa- + tetra- + -cont- + -ane.

Formed from hexa- + tetra- + -cont- + -ane

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’

Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores ‘four’

Ancient Greek τέσσαρες ‘four’

Ancient Greek τέτταρες ‘Attic form of τέσσαρες’

Today it means

noun Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having forty-six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexatetracontane CH₃(CH₂)₄₄CH₃

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Etymograph / hexatetracontane