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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexa-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sex-a-
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Six.

Archaic

Etymology

From a form of Latin sex (“six”) (as in sexāgintā (“sixty”)). By surface analysis, sex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of hexa-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sex- (alternative, before vowel) sexi- (alternative)

Synonyms

hexa-

Questions

What does sexa- mean?
Six.
Where does sexa- come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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