before vowels hept-, word-forming element meaning "seven," from Greek hepta "seven," cognate with Latin septem, Gothic sibun, Old English seofon, from PIE root *septm (see seven).
hepatitis
hepcat
Hephaestus
Hephzibah
Hepplewhite
hepta-
heptagon
heptane
heptarchy
her
Hera