Where does “pentaëder” come from?

pentaëder (Dutch) comes from French pentaèdre, from French penta-, from Ancient Greek πέντε, from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pentaëder (Dutch): pentahedron

Definitions

  1. pentahedron

Ancestry of “pentaëder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpentaèdrepentahedron
2Frenchpenta-penta
3Ancient Greekπέντεfive
4Proto-Hellenicpénkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Hellenic pénkʷe →Every word from Ancient Greek πέντε →