English

hexachord

From hexa- + chord.

A compound of hexa- + chord

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Ancient Greek χορδή ‘string of gut, the string of a lyre’

English chord

Today it means

noun A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds, the only of which that is a minor second being mi-fa.

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Etymograph / hexachord