hexagon
/ˈheksəˌɡɒn/HEK-suh-gon
/ˈhɛksəˌɡɑn/HEK-suh-gahn
Meaningsix corners
Common meaning: a six-sided figure
- hexsixLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 501 · scan
- gona corner, angle; the kneeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 171 · scan
‘six’ + ‘a corner, angle’ → hexagon
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek ἕξ ‘six’ + Greek γωνία; γόνυ ‘a corner, angle; the knee’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry γωνία, p. 171 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γωνία; γόνυ Greek “a corner, angle; the knee”
- ἕξ Greek “six”
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