Where does “antiprism” come from?

antiprism (English) comes from English prism, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

antiprism (English): A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of...

Definitions

  1. A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of...

Ancestry of “antiprism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprismA polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size...
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα →