Where does “heptahexahedral” come from?
heptahexahedral (English) comes from English hexahedral, from English -hedral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
heptahexahedral (English): Having seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces
Definitions
- Having seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces
Ancestry of “heptahexahedral”, step by step
heptahexahedral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hexahedral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hexahedral | Having six plane surfaces |
| 2 | English | -hedral | used to form adjectives describing related nouns... |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English hepta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hepta | seven |