Where does “hexadecile” come from?

hexadecile (English) comes from English decile, from Latin decilis.

hexadecile (English): Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered...

Definitions

  1. Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered...

Ancestry of “hexadecile”, step by step

hexadecile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English decile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecileAny of the values in a series that divides the...
2Latindecilis—

via English hexa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexa—
Every word from Latin decilis →Every word from English decile →