Sexfold

Part of speech: adjective, adverb

Definitions

1. Six times as many or as much as an original amount, quantity, or number
2. Having six parts, layers, or units, or multiplied by a factor of six
3. Increased or repeated to a total that is six times the starting value

Etymology: Sexfold combines two parts with different histories. The first, "sex-", is the Latin numeral "sex" meaning six, which shares a root with Greek "hex" and reached English through Latin rather than native speech. The second, "-fold", descends from Old English "feald", tied to the idea of folding, and it is the same suffix found in "twofold" and "manifold." The compound means six times as much or six parts, a sense it shares with the more common "sixfold," which is built entirely from native English material. The Latin-based form is the more formal of the two.