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Where does “παραλληλόγραμμον” come from?

παραλληλόγραμμον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

παραλληλόγραμμον (Ancient Greek): bounded by parallel lines

Definitions

  1. bounded by parallel lines

Ancestry of “παραλληλόγραμμον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαράλληλοςbeside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
2Ancient Greekἀλλήλωνreferring back to a plural subject, and...
3Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
4Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
5Proto-Hellenickríňňō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “παραλληλόγραμμον”

  • parallelogram
  • parallelogrammic
  • contraparallelogram
  • gyroparallelogram
  • antiparallelogram
  • parallelogrammum
  • paralelogramo
  • paralelogramo
  • parallellogram
  • parallelogrammum
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