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Where does “icosihenagon” come from?

icosihenagon (English) comes from Ancient Greek εἰκοσιέν, from Ancient Greek ἕν, from Ancient Greek εἷς, from Proto-Hellenic hens, from Proto-Indo-European sḗm, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

icosihenagon (English): A polygon with twenty-one edges and twenty-one...

Definitions

  1. A polygon with twenty-one edges and twenty-one...

Ancestry of “icosihenagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekεἰκοσιένtwenty-one
2Ancient Greekἕνneuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of...
3Ancient Greekεἷςone
4Proto-Hellenichenscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *dúwō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗmone
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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