Where does “ditetragonal” come from?
ditetragonal (English) comes from English tetragonal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
ditetragonal (English): twice tetragonal
Definitions
- twice tetragonal
Ancestry of “ditetragonal”, step by step
ditetragonal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tetragonal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tetragonal | Having four sides, like a tetragon; Having two... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via Italian ditetragonale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ditetragonale | ditetragonal |
| 2 | Italian | di- | de |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English Di
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Di | — |