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Where does “ditrigonal” come from?

ditrigonal (English) comes from English trigonal, from English trigon, from French trigone, from Latin trigonum, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνον, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνος, from Ancient Greek γωνία, from Ancient Greek γόνυ — knee.

ditrigonal (English): Being trigonal in two different ways on the same...

Definitions

  1. Being trigonal in two different ways on the same...

Ancestry of “ditrigonal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrigonalTriangular; Of or pertaining to a crystal system...
2EnglishtrigonA triangle; An ancient triangular harp of...
3Frenchtrigone—
4Latintrigonumnominative neuter singular of trigōnus
5Ancient Greekτρίγωνονtriangle; one of the Athenian lawcourts; the...
6Ancient Greekτρίγωνοςthree-cornered; three-sided
7Ancient Greekγωνίαcorner, angle; joiner's square; cornerstone
8Ancient Greekγόνυknee
9Proto-Hellenicgónuknee
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
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