Where does “hexagōnum” come from?

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

hexagōnum (Latin): hexagon

Definitions

  1. hexagon

Ancestry of “hexagōnum”, step by step

hexagōnum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον

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

via Ancient Greek ἕξάγωνον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἕξάγωνον—
2Ancient Greekἕξάγωνοςsix-angled

Words derived from “hexagōnum”

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