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Where does “holocube” come from?

holocube (English) comes from English cube, from English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum, from Latin cubāre, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.

holocube (English): A cube-shaped device that shows or stores...

Definitions

  1. A cube-shaped device that shows or stores...

Ancestry of “holocube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcubeA regular polyhedron having six identical square...
2EnglishcubicleA small separate part or one of the compartments...
3LatincubiculumA small bedroom; bedchamber
4Latincubāre—
5Latincubō—
6Proto-Italickubāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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