Where does “nontetrahedral” come from?
nontetrahedral (English) comes from English tetrahedral, 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.
nontetrahedral (English): Not tetrahedral
Definitions
- Not tetrahedral
Ancestry of “nontetrahedral”, step by step
nontetrahedral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tetrahedral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tetrahedral | in the shape of a tetrahedron; having four faces,... |
| 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 |