Where does “biplanarity” come from?
biplanarity (English) comes from English biplanar, from English bi, from English biceps, from Latin biceps, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
biplanarity (English): The quality of being biplanar
Definitions
- The quality of being biplanar
Ancestry of “biplanarity”, step by step
biplanarity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English biplanar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biplanar | Between two tangent planes; Both frontal and... |
| 2 | English | bi | Bisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk... |
| 3 | English | biceps | Any muscle having two heads; Specifically, the... |
| 4 | Latin | biceps | double-headed, having two heads; having two... |
| 5 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |