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Where does “hemihedral” come from?

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

hemihedral (English): Having only half the plane faces needed for the...

Definitions

  1. Having only half the plane faces needed for the...

Ancestry of “hemihedral”, step by step

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