hex

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Έννοιες

γοητεύω

μαγεύω

δεκαεξαδικό

Συχνότητα

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/hɛks/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.

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