Where does “hexa-” come from?

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

hexa- (Latin): hexa

Definitions

  1. hexa

Ancestry of “hexa-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hexa-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic hwéks →