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Where does “hexasolvate” come from?

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

hexasolvate (English): Any solvate having six molecules of solvent

Definitions

  1. Any solvate having six molecules of solvent

Ancestry of “hexasolvate”, step by step

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