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   What does Hex mean in English?

   • hex (v.) 1830, American English, from Pennsylvania German hexe "to practice witchcraft," from German hexen "to hex," related to Hexe "witch," from Middle High German hecse, hexse, from Old High German hagazussa (see hag). Noun meaning "magic spell" is first recorded 1909; earlier it meant "a witch" (1856).

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   Where does the noun Hex come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun hex is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for hex is from 1856, in the writing of G. Henderson. hex is a borrowing from Pennsylvanian German.

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   Where did the word Hexe come from?

   • The Old English word is from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjon, which is of unknown origin. Dutch heks, German Hexe "witch" are similarly shortened from cognate Middle Dutch haghetisse, Old High German hagzusa. The first element probably is cognate with Old English haga "enclosure, portion of woodland marked off for cutting" (see hedge (n.)).

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   Where do hex signs originate?

   • Hex signs originated in Pennsylvania with Zook, of Paradise, Pa., who began producing and selling them in the 1940s. They were less expensive than the original work and were able to meet the tourist market head-on. Hex signs can be found throughout Pennsylvania, and are especially prominent in Berks County.

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   What is a hex key?

   • A hex (hexadecimal) key is a mixture of numbers and letters from AF and 09. All hex digits are required to be lower case. They have certainly put the hex on him. Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

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   Do witches curse people with hexes?

   • Witches don't really curse people with hexes by wrinkling their noses. Residents of this community believe she is a witch who can talk to animals and put hexes on anyone who displeases her. I think I've been hexed. The team claimed it lost the competition because it was hexed by psychics hired by its rivals.

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2. www.etymonline.com › word › hexhex | Etymology of hex by etymonline

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   Nov 2, 2020 · The Old English word is reconstructed to be from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjon, which is of unknown origin. Dutch heks, German Hexe "witch" are similarly shortened from cognate Middle Dutch haghetisse, Old High German hagzusa.

   • Italiano (Italian)

     Voci correlate hex. hag (n.) Primi del 13° secolo, "vecchia...

   • Hexadecimal

     c. 1600, "pertaining to a tenth or ten," from Medieval Latin...

   • Hexagonal

     hard, lustrous mineral occurring in hexagonal prisms, c....

   • Hexagram

     noun word-forming element, "that which is written or...

   • Hexa

     before vowels and in certain chemical compound words hex-,...

   • Heuristics

     in the names of sciences or disciplines (acoustics,...

   • Hag

     hag. (n.). early 13c., "repulsive old woman" (rare before...

   • Hewn

     1570s, "stump of a tree, branch," a word of Scandinavian...

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   The earliest known use of the noun hex is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for hex is from 1856, in the writing of G. Henderson. hex is a borrowing from Pennsylvanian German. See etymology.

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   Where does the word hex come from? Earliest known use. 1970s. The earliest known use of the word hex is in the 1970s. OED's earliest evidence for hex is from 1975, in IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin. hex is formed within English, by clipping or shortening. See etymology. Nearby entries. hewgag, n. 1850–. hewgh, int. a1616–. hewing, n. 1404–.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHEX | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   short for hexadecimal: relating to or expressed in a system of counting based on the number 16 rather than the number 10: A hex (hexadecimal) key is a mixture of numbers and letters from AF and 09.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). [1] The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. [2] Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet ...

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHEX definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun. Word origin. C19: via Pennsylvania Dutch from German Hexe witch, from Middle High German hecse, perhaps from Old High German hagzissa; see hag1.

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   Hex based on the littlest of research, I found that Hex is based in german languages and it was used to describe witches and the spells they cast. Meanwhile, in greek, Hex meant 6, as in hexagon.