Etymograph

English

hexatrigesimal

From hexa- + tri- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for hexadecimal for more information.

Formed from hexa- + tri- + decimal

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs ‘six’

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks ‘six’

Ancient Greek ἕξ ‘six’

English hexa-

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

Proto-Italic *dekem

Latin decem ‘ten’

Latin decimus ‘tenth’

Medieval Latin decimalis

English decimal

Today it means

noun A number system with base thirty-six, using the digits 0–9 and A–Z.

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

Etymograph / hexatrigesimal