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Where does “hexanitrate” come from?

hexanitrate (English) comes from English nitrate, from French nitrate — nitrate.

hexanitrate (English): Any compound containing six nitrate groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound containing six nitrate groups

Ancestry of “hexanitrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid; To treat, or...
2Frenchnitratenitrate
Every word from French nitrate →