Where does “hexactinal” come from?
hexactinal (English) comes from English actinal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
hexactinal (English): Having six rays
Definitions
- Having six rays
Ancestry of “hexactinal”, step by step
hexactinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English actinal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actinal | Pertaining to the side or surface around the... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English hex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hex | To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch |
| 2 | English | hexagon | A polygon with six sides and six angles |
| 3 | Latin | hexagōnum | hexagon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἑξάγωνον | hexagon |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἑξα- | Forming compound words with the sense of "six" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |