English

hexaploid

From hexa- + -ploid.

A compound of hexa- + -ploid

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Today it means

adj Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

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Etymograph / hexaploid