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Where does “dodeca-” come from?

dodeca- (English) comes from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

dodeca- (English): API; twelve

Definitions

  1. API; twelve

Ancestry of “dodeca-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
2Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—

Words derived from “dodeca-”

  • dodecahedral
  • dodecagon
  • dodecaphonic
  • dodecaphony
  • dodecamer
  • dodecapeptide
  • dodecameric
  • dodecahydrate
  • dodecarchy
  • dodecasyllabic
  • dodecasyllable
  • dodecapolis
  • dodecaploid
  • dodecastyle
  • dodecadodecahedron
  • dodecaoxide
  • dodecaphonically
  • dodecameter
  • dodecaploidization
  • didodecahedral
  • dodecamerize
  • heterododecameric
  • heterododecamer
  • dodecapartite
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