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Where does “isosceles” come from?

Isosceles comes from Latin isosceles, from Ancient Greek ἰσοσκελής, combining ἴσος meaning equal with a root from Proto-Indo-European skélos meaning leg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-.

isosceles (English): Having two sides of equal length, used...

Definitions

  1. Having two sides of equal length, used...

Ancestry of “isosceles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīsoscelēs—
2Ancient GreekἰσοσκελήςHaving two sides equal, isosceles; Able to be...
3Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
4Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
5Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
6GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
7GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
8GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
9Old High Germandahs—
10Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
11Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
12Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
13Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
14Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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