Where does “hexafluoreto” come from?

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

hexafluoreto (Portuguese): hexafluoride

Definitions

  1. hexafluoride

Ancestry of “hexafluoreto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesehexa-hexa
2Latinhexa-hexa
3Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
4Ancient Greekἕξsix
5Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic hwéks →