Where does “hexaprenyl” come from?

hexaprenyl (English) comes from English prenyl — isoprenyl.

hexaprenyl (English): The alkyl group composed of six prenyl (isoprenyl) groups concatenated 3,7,11,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosahexaen-1-yl

Definitions

  1. The alkyl group composed of six prenyl (isoprenyl) groups concatenated 3,7,11,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosahexaen-1-yl

Ancestry of “hexaprenyl”, step by step

hexaprenyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprenylisoprenyl

via English hexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexa
Every word from English prenyl