Where does “hexane” come from?

Hexane comes from English hex-, combining English hexadecimal and English decimal through Latin decas meaning "group of ten," ultimately from Ancient Greek δέκα and Proto-Indo-European swéḱs.

hexane (English): Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, CH....

Definitions

  1. Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, CH....

Ancestry of “hexane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-aneVariant of -an, usually with differentiation (
2Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

Words derived from “hexane

Every word from Latin -ānus
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