Where does “hexagonal” come from?

hexagonal (German) comes from German Hexagon, from Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

hexagonal (German): hexagonal

Definitions

  1. hexagonal

Ancestry of “hexagonal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHexagonhexagon
2Latinhexagōnumhexagon
3Ancient Greekἑξάγωνονhexagon
4Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
5Ancient Greekἕξsix
6Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον →