Etymology

cyclohexane

C3Y4C3L1O1H4E1X8A1N1E1

Today it means: An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid. Full definition →

English hexane ← Latin hexa- ← Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  18. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  19. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  20. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  21. Latinhexa-
  22. Englishhexa-
  23. Englishhex-
  24. Englishhexane
  25. English todaycyclohexane

From cyclo- + hexane.

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