ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWord partsNumber partshex, sext
Number partGreek
hex, sext
six
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)
Looks like it, but is not
- sexton — Sexton, a caretaker of a church and its grounds, comes through French from Medieval Latin sacristanus, 'an officer responsible for sacred objects.' It does not derive from sextus, 'sixth.'
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More number parts
- dec — ten
- hept, sept — seven
- nona — nine
- oct — eight
- pent, quin — five