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Where does “diprismatic” come from?

diprismatic (English) comes from English prismatic, from French prismatique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

diprismatic (English): Doubly prismatic

Definitions

  1. Doubly prismatic

Ancestry of “diprismatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprismaticOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a...
2Frenchprismatiqueprismatic
3French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
4Middle French-ique—
5Old French-ique-ic
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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