Sextuple
/ˈsɛk.stjʊ.pəl/noun
Consisting of six parts or multiplied by six.
Did you know?Its core comes from Latin *sex* (“six”), the same ancient root that also gave English words like *six* and *sextant*, while the -uple ending marks multiplication or folding.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swéks
“six”
Latin
Latin
sex
“six”
Late Latin
Latin
sextuplus
“sixfold, six times as much”
Middle English
English
sextuple
“sixfold; consisting of six parts”
Modern English
English
sextuple
“consisting of six parts or multiplied by six”
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