Etymograph

English

hexyl

From hexane + -yl.

A compound of hexane + -yl

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexane

Today it means

noun Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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

Etymograph / hexyl