Where does “cube” come from?

Cube comes from Latin cubus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, with the diminutive suffix -culus forming a small cube-shaped object.

cube (English): A regular polyhedron having six identical square...

Definitions

  1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square...

Ancestry of “cube”, step by step

cube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cubicle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcubicleA small separate part or one of the compartments...
2LatincubiculumA small bedroom; bedchamber
3Latincubāre—
4Latincubōto lie down, recline
5Proto-Italickubāōto lie down
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

via Old French cube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcube—
2LatincubusA mass, quantity; A cube
3Ancient Greekκύβοςsquare; cube; die, dice

Words derived from “cube”

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