Prefix[]
hecto- (hect- when preceding a vowel)
- pref. sixth, a sixth or one-sixth [Gr. hektos]
Derived terms[]
- hectometric adj. playscale. [lit. sixth-measure]
- hectecidium n. a playscale (doll)house or other building. [Gr. oikidion = "small house"]
- hectecidia pl.
- hectocosm n. all things playscale. [lit. 1/6th universe]
- hectophile n. a playscale enthusiast, regardless of focus.
- hectotechnology n. playscale [models of] technology, real or imaginary.
- hectozoan n. playscale animal.
- hectozoa pl. a.k.a. sextilifauna
- hectecidium n. a playscale (doll)house or other building. [Gr. oikidion = "small house"]
Note[]
Hecto-, as it is presently used in the modern metric system to mean 100, is a French alteration of the Greek hekaton,[1] and should have been hecato-.