Where does “hexagonal” come from?
hexagonal (Catalan) comes from Catalan hexàgon, 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.
hexagonal (Catalan): hexagonal
Ancestry of “hexagonal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | hexàgon | hexagon |
| 2 | Latin | hexagōnum | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἑξάγωνον | hexagon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἑξα- | Forming compound words with the sense of "six" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |