Where does “contraparallelogram” come from?
contraparallelogram (English) comes from English parallelogram, from Latin parallēlogrammum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλόγραμμον, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.
contraparallelogram (English): antiparallelogram
Definitions
- antiparallelogram
Ancestry of “contraparallelogram”, step by step
contraparallelogram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parallelogram
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parallelogram | A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of... |
| 2 | Latin | parallēlogrammum | parallelogram |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παραλληλόγραμμον | bounded by parallel lines |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |