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sexa-

sexa- prefix: six.

Prefix

sexa-

  1. (archaic) Six.
    Synonyms:
    hexa-

Synonyms of sexa-

Forms of sexa-

alternative before-vowelsex-
alternative formsexi-

Origin of sexa-

From a form of Latin sex (“six”) (as in sexāgintā (“sixty”)). By surface analysis, sex- + -a-. Piecewise doublet of hexa-.

Questions about sexa-

What does sexa- mean?
Sexa- means six.
What part of speech is sexa-?
Sexa- is a prefix.

Words near sexa- in the dictionary

  1. sex-traffics
  2. sex0r
  3. sex0red
  4. sex0ring
  5. sex0rs
  6. sexa-
  7. sexability
  8. sexable
  9. sexadecimal
  10. sexadecimally
  11. sexadentate

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