sex- / sexa-
six
Latin · sex, sextus
Latin sex means "six" (no link to the other word). A sextet is six performers, sextuplets are six babies, a sextant is a sixth of a circle for navigation.
Memory trick
SEX = "six" in Latin: a sextet is simply a six-piece group.
Words from this root
- sextet (sext + et) — a group of sixछह का समूह
- sextuple (sext + uple) — six times as muchछह गुना
- sextuplet (sext + uplet) — one of six babiesछह जुड़वाँ में से एक
- sextant (sext + ant) — navigation tool, a sixth of a circleसेक्स्टैंट, नौवहन यंत्र
- sexagenarian (sexa + genarian) — a person in their sixtiesसाठ साल के आसपास का व्यक्ति
- sexagesimal (sexa + gesimal) — based on sixtyसाठ पर आधारित
- sextillion (sext + illion) — a huge numberएक बहुत बड़ी संख्या
- sexennial (sex + ennial) — every six yearsहर छह साल का
- sexcentenary (sex + centenary) — six hundredth anniversaryछह सौवीं वर्षगाँठ