The story
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- English todayhexa-
From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”). By surface analysis, hex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of sexa-.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἑξα- all →
hexapodyhexaptych
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.