Where does “didecahedral” come from?

didecahedral (English) comes from English decahedral, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

didecahedral (English): Having five planes on each extremity

Definitions

  1. Having five planes on each extremity

Ancestry of “didecahedral”, step by step

didecahedral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English decahedral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdecahedralhaving ten plane surfaces
2Englishdeca-Greek number...
3Frenchdéca-deca-
4Latindecāsa decade (period of ten years)
5Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn