Where does “conoid” come from?

conoid (English) comes from French conoïde, from French cône, from Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóh₃nos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- — to sharpen, whet; sharpen.

conoid (English): Shaped like a cone; conical; Anything shaped like...

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a cone; conical; Anything shaped like...

Ancestry of “conoid”, step by step

conoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French conoïde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchconoïdeconoid
2Frenchcônecone
3Latincōnuscone
4Ancient Greekκῶνοςpine cone; pine tree; cone or peak of a helmet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóh₃nos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₃-to sharpen, whet; sharpen

via English Cone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishConeA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line
2Middle Englishcone—

Words derived from “conoid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₃- →