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Definitions

Prefix

1. 1
   Six. archaic, morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms

hexa

Etymology

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

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