Etymograph

English

sexangular

Sexangular comes from Late Latin sexangulus ‘hexagonal’.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsexangulus1‘hexagonal’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsexangulāris1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1658sexangular1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sexangular
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus: “The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are…”.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsexangulusWiktionary, English sexangular‘hexagonal’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsexangulārisWiktionary, English sexangular
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1658sexangularWiktionary, English sexangular. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus: “The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are…”

Equivalent to sex- + -angular

Every English word from Late Latin sexangulus

Today it means

adj Having six angles; hexagonal.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sexangular”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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