Where does “hexadecameric” come from?
hexadecameric (English) comes from English hexadecamer, 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 — sound, voice.
hexadecameric (English): Of or pertaining to a hexadecamer
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a hexadecamer
Ancestry of “hexadecameric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hexadecamer | An oligomer having sixteen subunits |
| 2 | English | hexadeca- | sixteen |
| 3 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 4 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 5 | Latin | decās | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |