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

hexanitrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English nitrate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid; To treat, or...
2Frenchnitratenitrate

via English hexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexa—
Every word from French nitrate →Every word from English nitrate →
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