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Where does “esagono” come from?

esagono (Italian) comes 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.

esagono (Italian): hexagon

Definitions

  1. hexagon

Ancestry of “esagono”, step by step

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

Words derived from “esagono”

  • diesagonale
  • esagonale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →