English

hexakaidecahedral

From hexa- (“six”) + -kai- (“and”) + deca- (“ten”) + -hedral.

Formed from hexa- ‘six’ + -kai- ‘and’ + deca- ‘ten’ + -hedral

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

Proto-Hellenic *dékə ‘ten’

Ancient Greek δέκα ‘ten’

Ancient Greek δεκάς ‘a group of ten, decade’

Late Latin decas ‘(set of) ten’

English deca-

Today it means

adj Having a form of the hexakaidecahedron.

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

Etymograph / hexakaidecahedral