Etymology

hexahydrate

H4E1X8A1H4Y4D2R1A1T1E1

Today it means: A hydrate whose solid contains six molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell Full definition →

English hydrate ← French hydrate ← Latin 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. Frenchhydrate
  8. Englishhydrate
  9. English todayhexahydrate

From hexa- + hydrate.

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