Etymology

hexanal

H4E1X8A1N1A1L1

Today it means: Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal. Full definition →

English hexane ← Latin hexa- ← Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Englishhex-
  8. Englishhexane
  9. English todayhexanal

From hexane + -al (“aldehyde”).

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