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Where does “ditetrahedral” come from?

ditetrahedral (English) comes from English tetrahedral, from English -hedral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

ditetrahedral (English): twice tetrahedral

Definitions

  1. twice tetrahedral

Ancestry of “ditetrahedral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtetrahedralin the shape of a tetrahedron; having four faces,...
2English-hedralused to form adjectives describing related nouns...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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