hex, sext

six

Spelled hex, sext · hex 'six' (Greek); cf. Latin sextus 'sixth'

Greek hex and Latin sex mean six: a hexagon has six angles, a sextet six performers, and a sextant once measured a sixth-circle arc.

Words built from it

hexagon — a six-sided polygon
hex (six) + gon (angle)
hexagonal — having six sides
hex (six) + gon (angle)
hexagram — a six-pointed star shape
hex (six) + gram (something written or drawn)
sextant — an instrument for measuring angles, based on a sixth of a circle
sext (six) + -ant (instrument)
sextet — a group of six musicians or things
sext (six) + -et (small group)
sextuplet — one of six offspring born at one birth
sext (six) + -uplet (multiple)