Where does “hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane” come from?

hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (English) comes from English hexamethyl, from English hexa-, from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (English): A cyclic siloxane used in the preparation of...

Definitions

  1. A cyclic siloxane used in the preparation of...

Ancestry of “hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane”, step by step

hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hexamethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexamethylsix methyl groups in a molecule
2Englishhexa-API; six
3Latinhexa-hexa
4Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
5Ancient Greekἕξsix
6Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via English trisiloxane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrisiloxaneAny siloxane having three -Si-O- groups
2Englishtri-API; three; Used in combination with a known...
3Sanskritत्रिthree
4Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from English hexa- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →