Where does “duoprism” come from?

duoprism (English) comes from English prism, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

duoprism (English): A polytope resulting from the Cartesian product of two polytopes

Definitions

  1. A polytope resulting from the Cartesian product of two polytopes

Ancestry of “duoprism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprismA polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size...
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →