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hexa-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
hex-a-
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Six.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”). By surface analysis, hex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of sexa-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hex- (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

number

Synonyms

sexa- sex-

Questions

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

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