Sextuplet
/ˈsɛk.stjʊ.plət/noun
One of six offspring born at the same time, or a group of six related things.
Did you know?In music, a sextuplet is a group of six notes performed within the rhythmic space normally occupied by four or three, creating a deliberately compressed pulse.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*swéḱs
“Six; the reconstructed ancestral numeral behind many Indo-European words for six.”
Proto-Italic
Proto-Italic
*seks
“Six; the Italic continuation of the Indo-European numeral.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sex
“Six.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sextuplus
“Sixfold; six times as much, formed from sex and a multiplying suffix.”
19th Century
English
sextuple
“Sixfold or consisting of six parts, borrowed through learned Latin-based usage.”
19th Century
English
sextuplet
“A group or set of six, formed from sextuple with the diminutive or noun-forming suffix -et.”