Where does “hexagon” come from?

Hexagon comes from Latin hexagonum, from Ancient Greek ἕξάγωνον, combining ἕξ meaning six with -γωνος meaning angled, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs.

hexagon (English): A polygon with six sides and six angles

Definitions

  1. A polygon with six sides and six angles

Ancestry of “hexagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhexagōnumhexagon
2Ancient Greekἑξάγωνονhexagon
3Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
4Ancient Greekἕξsix
5Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “hexagon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →