Where does “hexa-” come from?
hexa- (Portuguese) comes from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Ancestry of “hexa-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | hexa- | hexa- |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἑξα- | Forming compound words with the sense of "six" |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
Words derived from “hexa-”