Etymograph

English

hexadecile

From hexa- + decile or hexadeca- + -ile.

Formed from hexa- + decile

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Latin decilis

English decile

Today it means

noun Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hexadecile