The story
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Englishhex-
- Englishhexane
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishhexyl
- Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
- Englishiso-
- Frenchpropionique
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchpropyl-
- Englishpropyl
- Englishisopropyl
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
- Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
- Latinnorma
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinnōrmālis
- Englishnormal
- Englishnor-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Englishad-
- Latinrēn
- Late Latinrēnāli
- Englishrenal
- Englishadrenal
- Englishadrenaline
- Englishnoradrenaline
- Englishisoprenaline
- English todayhexoprenaline
From hex(yl) + -o- + -prenaline (“phenethylamine derivative”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.