sextant
Meaninga sixth
Common meaning: an instrument for measuring angles (a sixth of a circle)
- sexsixLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1687 · scan
- tpast-participle ending
- antadjective ending: being
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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin sex ‘six’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sex, p. 1687 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sex Latin “six”
Related words
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