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Where does “icositetrahedron” come from?

icositetrahedron (English) comes from English icosi-, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

icositetrahedron (English): Any of several solids having twenty-four faces

Definitions

  1. Any of several solids having twenty-four faces

Ancestry of “icositetrahedron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicosi-—
2Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
3Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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