Where does “hexadecahydrate” come from?

hexadecahydrate (English) comes from English hexadeca-, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

hexadecahydrate (English): A hydrate whose solid contains sixteen molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell

Definitions

A hydrate whose solid contains sixteen molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell

Ancestry of “hexadecahydrate”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	hexadeca-	sixteen
2	English	deca-	Greek number...
3	French	déca-	deca-
4	Latin	decās	a decade (period of ten years)
5	Ancient Greek	δεκάς	the number ten; a group of ten, decade
6	Ancient Greek	-ᾰ́ς	group of
7	Proto-Indo-European	-ónts	Derives nouns denoting body parts
8	Hungarian	önt	to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9	Hungarian	ön	you
10	Hungarian	ön-	self-
11	Turkish	ön	front
12	Ottoman Turkish	اوك	voice (of human or animal); sound
13	Proto-Turkic	ǖn	sound, voice

Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς →Every word from English deca- →