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Where does “τετράεδρον” come from?

τετράεδρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τετράεδρος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

τετράεδρον (Ancient Greek): triangle-based pyramid

Definitions

  1. triangle-based pyramid

Ancestry of “τετράεδρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτετράεδρος—
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “τετράεδρον”

  • tetrahedron
  • hexatetrahedron
  • orthotetrahedron
  • polytetrahedron
  • tetraedro
  • tetraedro
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