The story
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- English todayhexacosane
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hexacosane
Today it means: Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having 26 carbon atoms, but especially n-hexacosane CH₃(CH₂)₂₄CH₃ Full definition →
English hexa- ← Latin hexa- ← Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)