English

hexasyllable

From hexa- + syllable.

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Hellenic *hlagʷ-

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Latin syllaba

Old French sillebe

Anglo-Norman sillable

Middle English syllable

Today it means

noun A word of six syllables.

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

Etymograph / hexasyllable