Etymology

hexacoordinate

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Today it means: Having six ligands Full definition →

English coordinate ← Latin hexa- ← Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Englishcoordinate
  8. English todayhexacoordinate

From hexa- + coordinate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.