hexa-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Six.

Word forms

hexa- hex-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”). By surface analysis, hex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of sexa-.

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