Where does “hexàgon” come from?
hexàgon (Catalan) comes from Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
hexàgon (Catalan): hexagon
Ancestry of “hexàgon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | hexagōnum | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἑξάγωνον | hexagon |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἑξα- | Forming compound words with the sense of "six" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
Words derived from “hexàgon”