The story
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Hellenic*dékə
- Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
- Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
- Late Latindecas
- Frenchdéca-
- Englishdeca-
- Englishhexadeca-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
- Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
- Old Median*zaranyam
- Old Median*kā
- Old Median*zaraniyakā
- Middle Persian*zarnīk
- Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
- Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- Latinarsenicum
- Middle Frencharsenic
- Middle Englisharsenik
- Englisharsenic
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englisharsenide
- English todayhexadecarsenide
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.