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hect-
- variant of hecto- before a vowel:
hectare.
Example Sentences
"He had great energy, yet had a kind and gentle soul," Hect said.
Rabbi Asher Hect of Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley, who is a longtime family friend, said Carmeli joined the Israeli army after high school about four years ago and was in the Golani Brigade.
Rabbi Asher Hect of Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley says he has been a friend of the family for years.
‘Heretofore in Scotland,’ saith Hect Boethius, ‘if any were visited with the falling sickness, madness, gout, leprosy, or any such dangerous disease which was likely to be propagated from the father to the son, he was instantly gelded; a woman kept from all company of men; and if by chance having some such disease she were found to be with child, she with her brood were buried alive’; and this was done for the common good, lest the whole nation should be injured or corrupted.
But forsomuch as he hath diligentlie gathered in what maner the warres were mainteined by those people against the Romans, and what valiant exploits were taken in hand and finished thorough their stoutnesse and valiancie, ye may there read the same, and iudge at your A note to be considered in the reading of Hect.
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Words That Use hect-
What does hect- mean?
Hect- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “hundred.” It is very occasionally used in technical terms, especially in measurements.
Hect- comes from Greek hekatón, meaning “hundred,” which is distantly related both to English hundred and Latin centum, “hundred.” Find out more at our entries for cent and hundred.
What are variants of hect-?
Hect- is a variant of hecto-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use hecto- article.
In some rare instances, hecto- and hect- are spelled with a -k-, becoming hekto- and hekt-.
Examples of hect-
One example of a technical term that features the combining form hect- is hectare, “a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters.” Hectare comes from the French hectare, which uses the equivalent of the form hect-.
The hect- portion of the word means “hundred,” while the -are portion of the word is “a measure of surface area equal to 100 square meters,” from Latin ārea. Hectare literally translates to “a hundred ares.”
What are some words that use the combining form hect-?
- hectad
What are some other forms that hect- may be commonly confused with?
Not every word that begins with the letters hect-, such as hectic, is necessarily using the combining form hect- to mean “hundred.” Learn why hectic means “busy” at our entry for the word.
Break it down!
The suffix -ad indicates a group or unit that includes a certain number. Based on the meaning of hect-, what is a hectad?
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