Where does “hexahexaflexagon” come from?
hexahexaflexagon (English) comes from English hexaflexagon, from English flexagon, from English flex, from German flexibel, from Latin flexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
hexahexaflexagon (English): A hexagonal flexagon with a total of six faces
Definitions
- A hexagonal flexagon with a total of six faces
Ancestry of “hexahexaflexagon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hexaflexagon | A hexagonal flexagon |
| 2 | English | flexagon | A flat model made from folded strips of paper... |
| 3 | English | flex | Flexibility, pliancy; The or an act of flexing;... |
| 4 | German | flexibel | flexible |
| 5 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |