Where does “hexathione” come from?

hexathione (English) comes from English thione, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

hexathione (English): A chemical compound with six thione (=S) groups

Definitions

  1. A chemical compound with six thione (=S) groups

Ancestry of “hexathione”, step by step

hexathione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English thione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthioneA ketone-like compound in which the oxygen is...
2EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
3Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
4Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English hexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an