Where does “icosihexahedron” come from?

icosihexahedron (English) comes from English hexa-, from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

icosihexahedron (English): A polyhedron with twenty-six faces

Definitions

  1. A polyhedron with twenty-six faces

Ancestry of “icosihexahedron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhexa-API; six
2Latinhexa-hexa
3Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
4Ancient Greekἕξsix
5Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from English hexa- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →